Re: [PATCH 2/5] cpuset memory spread page cache implementation andhooks

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Feb 04 2006 - 20:55:31 EST


Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> But I am not sure what you mean by "uninline for certain Kconfig
> combinations."

This function:

static inline struct page *page_cache_alloc(struct address_space *x)
{
if (cpuset_mem_spread_check()) {
int n = cpuset_mem_spread_node();
return alloc_pages_node(n, mapping_gfp_mask(x), 0);
}
return alloc_pages(mapping_gfp_mask(x), 0);
}

Really has two forms, depending upon Kconfig.

1:

static inline struct page *page_cache_alloc(struct address_space *x)
{
return alloc_pages(mapping_gfp_mask(x), 0);
}

That should be inlined.

2:

static inline struct page *page_cache_alloc(struct address_space *x)
{
if (cpuset_mem_spread_check()) {
int n = cpuset_mem_spread_node();
return alloc_pages_node(n, mapping_gfp_mask(x), 0);
}
return alloc_pages(mapping_gfp_mask(x), 0);
}

That shouldn't be inlined.

That's all. One would have to fiddle a bit, work out how many callsites
there are, gauge the impact on text size, etc. page_cache_alloc() seems
to have a single callsite, and page_cache_alloc_cold() four, so it's
a quite minor issue.
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