From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Denys Vlasenko Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip[6]_tables.c: remove some inlines Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:55:02 +0000 Message-ID: <200712311755.02578.vda.linux@googlemail.com> References: <200712161247.53986.vda.linux@googlemail.com> <200712311643.41946.vda.linux@googlemail.com> <47792032.3020609@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Harald Welte , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Netfilter Development Mailinglist To: Patrick McHardy Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47792032.3020609@trash.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Monday 31 December 2007 17:00, Patrick McHardy wrote: > Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > ip[6]_tables.c seem to abuse inline. > > > > This patch removes inlines except those which are used > > by packet matching code and thus are performance-critical. > > > > Some people also consider the ruleset replacement path performance > critical, but overall I agree with your patch. I'm travelling currently > though so it will take a few days until I'll apply it. > > Do you have some numbers that show the actual difference these > changes make? Before: $ size */*/*/ip*tables*.o text data bss dec hex filename 6402 500 16 6918 1b06 net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o 7130 500 16 7646 1dde net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.o After: $ size */*/*/ip*tables*.o text data bss dec hex filename 6307 500 16 6823 1aa7 net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o 7010 500 16 7526 1d66 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.o -- vda