Re: [PATCH 2/2] __down_common: use signal_pending_state()

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Wed Jun 04 2008 - 14:08:02 EST


On 06/04, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 09:09:06PM +0400, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > Cleanup. __down_common() can use the new signal_pending_state() helper.
>
> This is a bad optimisation. __down_common gets inlined and the constant
> 'state' versions are optimised away for the versions which don't apply.
>
> NAK this patch.

OK.

But this was not optimisation, just code re-use.

Actually, I don't understand why __down_common/__mutex_lock_common are inlines,
perhaps it is better to shrink .text instead.

For example, "size kernel/mutex.o" reports

2715 0 12 2727 aa7 kernel/mutex.o

with __mutex_lock_common() uninlined, we have

1565 0 12 1577 629 kernel/mutex.o

the difference is more than K.

Oleg.

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