linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Prepare the tree for un-inlined jhash.

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Date:	Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:39:49 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Prepare the tree for un-inlined jhash.

On Thursday 2010-11-25 14:15, Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:

>jhash is widely used in the kernel and because the functions
>are inlined, the cost in size is significant. Also, the new jhash
>functions are slightly larger than the previous ones so better un-inline.
>As a preparation step, the calls to the internal macros are replaced
>with the plain jhash function calls.

Do you have a non-normative allyesconfig/allmodconfig build whose 
size(1) you can run on, to show approximately just how much it differs?


thanks,
Jan
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