linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Mark validate_timer

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Message-ID: <267391c1-948c-9f75-69e6-b5b49d34a7fe@quicinc.com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 16:57:52 +0530
From: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@...cinc.com>
To: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano
	<daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <patches@...ts.linux.dev>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>,
        Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@....com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Mark
 validate_timer_rate() init



On 5/3/2024 5:00 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Add the __init marking to validate_timer_rate() so that it gets
> discarded after init.
> 
>    $ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux.before vmlinux.after
>    add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-8 (-8)
>    Function                                     old     new   delta
>    arch_timer_register                         1724    1716      -8

Have not used this tool bloat-o-meter
Just a question, why is it showing arch_timer_register is shrunk ?

-Mukesh