netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] [SCTP]: uninline sctp_add_cmd

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Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:16:24 -0500
From:	Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
To:	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] [SCTP]: uninline sctp_add_cmd_sf

Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> I added inline to sctp_add_cmd and appropriate comment there to
> avoid adding another call into the call chain. This works at least
> with "gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-13)". Alternatively,
> __sctp_add_cmd could be introduced to .h.
> 

My only concern was performance regressions, but it looks like it
doesn't effect anything from the few quick runs I've made.

Since we are putting sctp_add_cmd_sf() on the call stack, we might
as well get rid of sctp_add_cmd() and reduce it a bit more.

-vlad

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