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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Yum Rayan <yum.rayan@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Reduce stack usage in sys.c
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:29:30 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <424BB4EA.6080506@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <df35dfeb05033023445c386d2d@mail.gmail.com>

Yum Rayan wrote:
> Attempt to reduce stack usage in sys.c (linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm3). Stack
> usage was noted using checkstack.pl. Specifically
> 
> Before patch
> ------------
> sys_reboot - 256
> 
> After patch
> -----------
> sys_reboot - none (register usage only)
> 
> Along the way, wrap code to 80 column width and cleanup lock usage.

Your "cleanup lock usage" increases the number of lock_kernel() calls 
quite a bit, which is not really a cleanup but simply bloat.

Seperate out your patches; don't sneak these supposed-cleanups into 
stack uage patches.

	Jeff




  reply	other threads:[~2005-03-31  8:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-03-31  7:44 [PATCH] Reduce stack usage in sys.c Yum Rayan
2005-03-31  8:29 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2005-04-02  7:05   ` [PATCH] Cleanup locking in sys_reboot() (was Re: [PATCH] Reduce stack usage in sys.c) Yum Rayan
2005-03-31 13:01 ` [PATCH] Reduce stack usage in sys.c Jörn Engel

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