Re: [RFC][PATCH] inline a few tiny functions in init/initramfs.c

[Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 09:26, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> A few functions in init/initramfs.c are so simple that I don't see why
> *any* point in them having to bear the cost of a function call.
> Wouldn't something like the patch below make sense ?

> -static void __init *malloc(size_t size)
> +static inline void __init *malloc(size_t size)
>  {
>  	return kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);

maybe it looks like it would, but kmalloc looks like this:

85 static inline void *kmalloc(size_t size, int flags)
86 {
87         if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
88                 int i = 0;
89 #define CACHE(x) \
90                 if (size <= x) \
91                         goto found; \
92                 else \
93                         i++;
94 #include "kmalloc_sizes.h"
95 #undef CACHE
96                 {
97                         extern void __you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much(void);
98                         __you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much();
99                 }
100 found:
101                 return kmem_cache_alloc((flags & GFP_DMA) ?
102                         malloc_sizes[i].cs_dmacachep :
103                         malloc_sizes[i].cs_cachep, flags);
104         }
105         return __kmalloc(size, flags);
106 }

which is not a one liner to inline at all

> -static void __init free(void *where)
> +static inline void __init free(void *where)
>  {
>  	kfree(where);

kfree ok since it's a void function of its own

>  static __initdata char *header_buf, *symlink_buf, *name_buf;
>
> -static int __init do_start(void)
> +static inline int __init do_start(void)
>  {
>  	read_into(header_buf, 110, GotHeader);

read_into ok as well.

Cheers,
Con