Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932170AbWAAPxx (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jan 2006 10:53:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751112AbWAAPxx (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jan 2006 10:53:53 -0500 Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net ([216.148.227.89]:49816 "EHLO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750904AbWAAPxx (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Jan 2006 10:53:53 -0500 Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 10:57:10 -0500 From: Kurt Wall To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Arjan's noinline Patch Message-ID: <20060101155710.GA5213@kurtwerks.com> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.15-rc6krw X-Woot: Woot! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 757 Lines: 20 After applying Arjan's noline patch (http://www.fenrus.org/noinlin), I see almost a 10% reduction in the size of .text (against 2.6.15-rc6) with no apparent errors and no reduction in functionality: $ size vmlinux.* text data bss dec hex filename 2578246 462000 479920 3520166 35b6a6 vmlinux.inline 2327319 462000 479920 3269239 31e277 vmlinux.noinline So, from where I sit, it seems like a reasonable patch to field test in -mm. Kurt -- Blood is thicker than water, and much tastier. - 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/