linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: Remove noinline from #define STATIC

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Date:   Mon, 12 Nov 2018 14:12:08 -0600
From:   Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Remove noinline from #define STATIC

On 11/10/18 7:21 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> Reduce total object size quite a bit (~32KB) and presumably
> improve performance at the same time.
> 
> Total object size old vs new (x86-64 defconfig with xfs)
> 
>     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
> - 959351	 165573	    632	1125556	 112cb4	(TOTALS) (old)
> + 924683	 165669	    632	1090984	 10a5a8	(TOTALS) (new)

And what does it do to maximum stack excursions?

-Eric

> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
> index edbd5a210df2..f33c8b626bca 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
> @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static inline uint64_t howmany_64(uint64_t x, uint32_t y)
>  #endif /* XFS_WARN */
>  #endif /* DEBUG */
>  
> -#define STATIC static noinline
> +#define STATIC static
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_RT
>  
>