Re: [PATCH] mellanox: mlx5: Use logging functions to reduce text ~10k/5%

[Saeed Mahameed]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:23:59AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>> The logging macros create a bit of duplicated code/text.
>>
>> Use specialized functions to reduce the duplication.
>>
>> (defconfig/x86-64)
>> $ size drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/built-in.o*
>>    text          data     bss     dec     hex filename
>>  178634          2059      16  180709   2c1e5 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/built-in.o.new
>>  188679          2059      16  190754   2e922 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/built-in.o.old
>>
>> The output changes now do not include line #,
>> but do include the function offset.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As far as I see all these functions are used in error paths, so no
> implication on performance is expected.
>
> And I'm fine with function offsets.
>
> Saeed,
> What do you think?

Fine with me, need to fix my comment on functions placement, an your
comment on checkpatch.