Re: [RFC][PATCH] tracing/module: Move tracepoint out of module.h

From: Li Zefan
Date: Mon Jan 30 2012 - 01:38:43 EST


Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 09:04 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>> [ Added Li who added the original tracepoint ]
>>
>> On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 14:55 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 11:28 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How much more do we save if we move all of try_module_get() out
>>>>> of line? It still seems a rather thick inline function with
>>>>> preempt section and all. I'd *really* suggest that it should all
>>>>> be uninlined.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here's the #'s
>>>>
>>>> text data bss dec hex filename
>>>> 7489488 2249584 9719808 19458880 128eb40 vmlinux-prepatch
>>>> text data bss dec hex filename
>>>> 7482458 2248048 9719808 19450314 128c9ca vmlinux-postpatch
>>>> text data bss dec hex filename
>>>> 7477393 2248080 9719808 19445281 128b621 vmlinux-updatedpatch
>
>
> New numbers:
>
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 7476509 2248048 9719808 19444365 128b28d vmlinux-updatedpatch2
>
> Just 916 bytes savings more. But gets rid of the hot path changes.
>
> New patch below: (and the IP still works)
>
> -- Steve
>

This looks good to me. Thanks!

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Li Zefan
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