linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/specialix.c: stop inlining largish static functions

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Date:	Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:38:11 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, R.E.Wolff@...wizard.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/specialix.c: stop inlining largish static
 functions

On 04/08/2008 12:44 PM, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> 
> drivers/char/specialix.c has unusually large number
> of static inline functions - 22.
> 
> I looked through them. The file is positively inline-happy.
> Inlines with udelay() calls. Inlines with complex loops.
> Nested inlines. Rarely called inlines (e.g. with request_region
> inside).
> 
> This patch removes "inline" from 15 static functions
> (regardless of number of callsites - gcc nowadays auto-inlines
> statics with one callsite).
> 
> Size difference for 32bit x86:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>   21669     204    8780   30653    77bd linux-2.6-ALLYES/drivers/char/specialix.o
>   18470     204    8780   27454    6b3e linux-2.6.inline-ALLYES/drivers/char/specialix.o
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>

-	static const char *badmagic =
+	static const char badmagic[] =
  		KERN_ERR "sx: Warning: bad specialix port magic number for device %s in %s\n";
-	static const char *badinfo =
+	static const char badinfo[] =
  		KERN_ERR "sx: Warning: null specialix port for device %s in %s\n";


BTW what's this good for? I mean, why we need this as a variable not directly as 
a parameter?



  	if (!port) {
  		printk(badinfo, name, routine);
  		return 1;
  	}
  	if (port->magic != SPECIALIX_MAGIC) {
  		printk(badmagic, name, routine);
  		return 1;
  	}
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