linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] crypto test: use print_hex

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Message-Id: <20071127012622.3e3a6bd1.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:26:22 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"rae l" <crquan@...il.com>
Cc:	"Richard Knutsson" <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se>,
	"Herbert Xu" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dengxw@....com, "Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	"Joe Perches" <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] crypto test: use print_hex_dump from kernel.h
 instead

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:03:29 +0800 "rae l" <crquan@...il.com> wrote:

> -static void hexdump(unsigned char *buf, unsigned int len)
> +static inline void hexdump(unsigned char *buf, unsigned int len)
>  {
> -	while (len--)
> -		printk("%02x", *buf++);
> -
> -	printk("\n");
> +	print_hex_dump(KERN_CONT, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
> +			16, 1,
> +			buf, len, false);
>  }

uninlining this function shrinks crypto/tcrypt.o's .text from 20,009 bytes
down to 19,701.

inlining is almost always wrong.
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