Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] dynamic_debug: add jump label support

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Jul 08 2016 - 17:41:35 EST


On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 17:42:36 -0400 Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Although dynamic debug is often only used for debug builds, sometimes its
> enabled for production builds as well. Minimize its impact by using jump
> labels. This reduces the text section by 7000+ bytes in the kernel image
> below. It does increase data, but this should only be referenced when
> changing the direction of the branches, and hence usually not in cache.
>
> ...
>
> +#ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
> +
> +#define dd_key_init(key, init) key = (init)
>
> ...
>
> +#else
> +
> +#define dd_key_init(key, init)
> +

umm, lazy. One is an lval and returns a value and the other does
neither. Lack of parenthesization in the first version doubtless
exposes various horrors.

Care to do something more robust and conventional here? Presumably use
symmetrical do{}while(0) things, neither of which is an lval, both of
which don't return anything.