netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/7] [NET]: uninline dev_alloc

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Message-Id: <200803280036.59311.vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:36:59 +0100
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] [NET]: uninline dev_alloc_skb, de-bloats a lot

On Thursday 27 March 2008 13:38, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> Allyesconfig (v2.6.24-mm1):
> 
> -23668  392 funcs, 104 +, 23772 -, diff: -23668 --- dev_alloc_skb
> 
> Without many debug CONFIGs (v2.6.25-rc2-mm1):
> 
> -12178  382 funcs, 157 +, 12335 -, diff: -12178 --- dev_alloc_skb
> dev_alloc_skb                 |  +37


This will be very confusing for casual reader:

> +struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
> +{
> +	return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_skb);

"what, they want to save one push instruction per callsite??".

Can you add a comment which explains the intent?

+struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
+{
+       /* There is more code here than it seems:
+        * __dev_alloc_skb is an inline */
+	return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_skb);


Another good chunk of code size saving can be achieved
by introducing dev_alloc_skb_or_warn(), and using it
in places like these:

drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.c:

                        skb = dev_alloc_skb(len+1);
                        if (skb == NULL)  {
                                IRDA_WARNING("%s(), memory squeeze, "
                                             "dropping frame.\n",
                                             __FUNCTION__);

drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c:

        skb = dev_alloc_skb(3+sklen);
        if (skb == NULL)
        {
                printk("%s: dropping packet due to memory squeeze.\n",

net/econet/af_econet.c:

        newskb = alloc_skb((len - sizeof(struct aunhdr) + 15) & ~15,
                           GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (newskb == NULL)
        {
                printk(KERN_DEBUG "AUN: memory squeeze, dropping packet.\n");
                /* Send nack and hope sender tries again */
                goto bad;
        }

(hmm, this last one also wants s/alloc_skb(GFP_ATOMIC)/dev_alloc_skb/)

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