linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] memcg: reduce size of per-cpu-stat to be appropriate size.

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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:06:37 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>, containers@...ts.osdl.org,
	Linux-Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memcg: reduce size of per-cpu-stat to be appropriate
 size.

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:33:49 +0530
Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Li Zefan wrote:
> >>>> +static int mem_cgroup_size(void)
> >>> inline this function?
> >>>
> >> necessary ? 
> >>
> > 
> > Not so necessary IMO. It's called when a cgroup is created and removed, that
> > is mkdir and rmdir, where performance is not critical.
> > 
> 
> I think most new compilers can automatically inline such functions, but a hint
> for the older ones is always a good practice.
> 

Adding "inline" is easy. But, IMHO, adding "inline" to not-performance-critical part
is just confusing people.
I want to see "inline" where inline is obviously good/necessary for performance.

Thanks,
-Kame

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