linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: mark lookup

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Message-ID: <20251125-variabel-zellstoff-67b8a698b87f@brauner>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:04:50 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	jack@...e.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: mark lookup_slow() as noinline

On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:49:30 +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> Otherwise it gets inlined notably in walk_component(), which convinces
> the compiler to push/pop additional registers in the fast path to
> accomodate existence of the inlined version.
> 
> Shortens the fast path of that routine from 87 to 71 bytes.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-6.19.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.19.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.19.misc

[1/1] fs: mark lookup_slow() as noinline
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/8d79ec9e7f63