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

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Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:32:05 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	nscott@...nex.com
CC:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	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()


> Having to compile chunks of XFS code in both kernel and
> userspace is also wierd (relative to other drivers),

Perhaps it would be a good idea to mark the files where that is expected
to work clearly.

> and
> its a side-effect of needing to do that (all the code
> dealing with specifics of ondisk format is shared).

But does that really need "STATIC"? Seems doubtful to me.

-Andi

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