linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: reduce stack usage in xfs_bmap

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Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:02:17 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	David Chinner <dgc@....com>, xfs@....sgi.com,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: reduce stack usage in xfs_bmap_btalloc()

Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com> writes:
>
> Compile tested only.

You should mark the helper noinline just to prevent gcc from possibly
inlining it. Even if it doesn't with your current compiler inline heuristics
vary widely between compiler versions.

-Andi
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