linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] binder: convert logging macros into functions

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Date:   Mon, 9 May 2022 12:04:56 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Li Li <dualli@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] binder: convert logging macros into functions

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 11:56:43PM +0000, Carlos Llamas wrote:
> Converting binder_debug() and binder_user_error() macros into functions
> reduces the overall object size by 16936 bytes when cross-compiled with
> aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc 11.2.0:
> 
> $ size drivers/android/binder.o.{old,new}
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   77935	   6168	  20264	 104367	  197af	drivers/android/binder.o.old
>   65551	   1616	  20264	  87431	  15587	drivers/android/binder.o.new
> 
> This is particularly beneficial to functions binder_transaction() and
> binder_thread_write() which repeatedly use these macros and are both
> part of the critical path for all binder transactions.
> 
> $ nm --size vmlinux.{old,new} |grep ' binder_transaction$'
> 0000000000002f60 t binder_transaction
> 0000000000002358 t binder_transaction
> 
> $ nm --size vmlinux.{old,new} |grep binder_thread_write
> 0000000000001c54 t binder_thread_write
> 00000000000014a8 t binder_thread_write
> 
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
> ---

Looks good to me,
Acked-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@...nel.org>