Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262151AbVAJIjH (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 03:39:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262150AbVAJIjG (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 03:39:06 -0500 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:36106 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262151AbVAJIix (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 03:38:53 -0500 Subject: Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static From: Arjan van de Ven To: Trond Myklebust Cc: viro@zenII.uk.linux.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <1105345168.4171.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> References: <20050109194209.GA7588@infradead.org> <1105310650.11315.19.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <1105345168.4171.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:38:44 +0100 Message-Id: <1105346324.4171.16.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 4.1 (++++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (4.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.3 RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO Received: contains a numeric HELO 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1485 Lines: 37 On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 09:19 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 17:44 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > su den 09.01.2005 Klokka 19:42 (+0000) skreiv Arjan van de Ven: > > > Hi, > > > > > > the patch below makes flock_lock_file_wait static, because it is only used > > > (once) in fs/locks.c. Making it static allows gcc to generate better code > > > (partial or entirely inlining it, gcc 3.4 also optimizes the calling > > > convention for static functions which are guaranteed only local to the file) > > > > Veto. That function is also there for those filesystems that need to > > mirror their locks in the VFS. I believe the GFS people are already > > using it (they implemented all this anyway), and sooner or later, NFS is > > going to have to do it too... > > before > # size fs/locks.o > text data bss dec hex filename > 14712 48 4 14764 39ac fs/locks.o > > after (with static inline) > # size fs/locks.o > text data bss dec hex filename > 14648 48 4 14700 396c fs/locks.o > > > is "sooner or later" and "maybe someone else uses it" worth making > everyone elses kernel bigger by 500 bytes of code ? eh 60 not 500; sorry need coffee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/