Re: [PATCH v2] net/sctp/ulpevent.c: Deinline sctp_ulpevent_set_owner, save 1616 bytes

From: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner
Date: Wed Jun 21 2017 - 15:24:53 EST


On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 07:03:27PM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> This function compiles to 147 bytes of machine code. 13 callsites.
>
> I'm no expert on SCTP events, but quick reading of SCTP docs tells me that
> SCTP events are not happening on every packet.
> They are ASSOC_CHANGE, PEER_ADDR_CHANGE, REMOTE_ERROR and such.
> Does not look performance critical.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: linux-sctp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Acked-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@xxxxxxxxx>

Just wondering, are you conducting further research on this topic?
Because we probably could use such review on SCTP stack.

> ---
> Changed since v1:
> * reindented function argument list
>
> net/sctp/ulpevent.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
> index ec2b3e0..bc3f495 100644
> --- a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
> +++ b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
> @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ int sctp_ulpevent_is_notification(const struct sctp_ulpevent *event)
> /* Hold the association in case the msg_name needs read out of
> * the association.
> */
> -static inline void sctp_ulpevent_set_owner(struct sctp_ulpevent *event,
> - const struct sctp_association *asoc)
> +static void sctp_ulpevent_set_owner(struct sctp_ulpevent *event,
> + const struct sctp_association *asoc)
> {
> struct sctp_chunk *chunk = event->chunk;
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
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