Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] alpha: Use OPTIMIZE_INLINING instead of asm/compiler.h

From: Matt Turner
Date: Sun May 06 2018 - 15:33:44 EST


On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 3:11 AM, James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Use CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING and CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING
> instead of undefining the inline macros in the alpha specific
> asm/compiler.h. This is to allow asm/compiler.h to become a general
> header that can be used for overriding linux/compiler*.h.
>
> A build of alpha's defconfig on GCC 7.3 before and after this series
> (i.e. this commit and "compiler.h: Allow arch-specific overrides" which
> includes asm/compiler.h from linux/compiler_types.h) results in the
> following size differences, which appear harmless to me:
>
> $ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux.1 vmlinux.2
> add/remove: 1/1 grow/shrink: 3/0 up/down: 264/-348 (-84)
> Function old new delta
> cap_bprm_set_creds 1496 1664 +168
> cap_issubset - 68 +68
> flex_array_put 328 344 +16
> cap_capset 488 500 +12
> nonroot_raised_pE.constprop 348 - -348
> Total: Before=5823709, After=5823625, chg -0.00%
>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Looks fine to me.

Acked-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>

Should I take it through the alpha tree?
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