Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: page_alloc: Reduce object size by neatening printks

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Thu Mar 16 2017 - 06:58:34 EST


On Wed 15-03-17 18:43:13, Joe Perches wrote:
> Function calls with large argument counts cause x86-64 register
> spilling. Reducing the number of arguments in a multi-line printk
> by converting to multiple printks which saves some object code size.
>
> $ size mm/page_alloc.o* (defconfig)
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 35914 1699 628 38241 9561 mm/page_alloc.o.new
> 36018 1699 628 38345 95c9 mm/page_alloc.o.old
>
> Miscellanea:
>
> o Remove line leading spaces from the formerly multi-line printks
> commit a25700a53f71 ("mm: show bounce pages in oom killer output")
> back in 2007 started the leading space when a single long line
> was split into multiple lines but the leading space was likely
> mistakenly kept and subsequent commits followed suit.
> o Align arguments in a few more printks

This is really hard to review. Could you just drop all the whitespace
changes please?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs