linux-stable/include
Joe Perches 1429db83e2 driver core: Convert debug functions declared inline __attribute__((format (printf,x,y) to statement expression macros
When DEBUG is not defined, pr_debug and dev_dbg and some
other local debugging functions are specified as:

"inline __attribute__((format (printf, x, y)))"

This is done to validate printk arguments when not debugging.

Converting these functions to macros or statement expressions
"do { if (0) printk(fmt, ##arg); } while (0)"
or
"({ if (0) printk(fmt, ##arg); 0; })
makes at least gcc 4.2.2 produce smaller objects.

This has the additional benefit of allowing the optimizer to
avoid calling functions like print_mac that might have been
arguments to the printk.

defconfig x86 current:

$ size vmlinux
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
4716770  474560  618496 5809826  58a6a2 vmlinux

all converted: (More patches follow)

$ size vmlinux
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
4716642  474560  618496 5809698  58a622 vmlinux

Even kernel/sched.o, which doesn't even use these
functions, becomes smaller.

It appears that merely having an indirect include
of <linux/device.h> can cause bigger objects.

$ size sched.inline.o sched.if0.o
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  31385    2854     328   34567    8707 sched.inline.o
  31366    2854     328   34548    86f4 sched.if0.o

The current preprocessed only kernel/sched.i file contains:

# 612 "include/linux/device.h"
static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
dev_dbg(struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
{
 return 0;
}
# 628 "include/linux/device.h"
static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
dev_vdbg(struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
{
 return 0;
}

Removing these unused inlines from sched.i shrinks sched.o

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-04-19 19:10:19 -07:00
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acpi
asm-alpha Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-arm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-avr32 Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
asm-blackfin Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-cris Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
asm-frv Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
asm-generic
asm-h8300 Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
asm-ia64 Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 2008-04-18 09:44:55 -07:00
asm-m32r Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-m68k Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
asm-m68knommu Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
asm-mips Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-mn10300 Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
asm-parisc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-powerpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-ppc
asm-s390 Merge branch 'semaphore' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/willy/misc 2008-04-18 08:25:29 -07:00
asm-sh Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-sparc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-sparc64 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-um Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
asm-v850 Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
asm-x86 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-04-18 08:39:24 -07:00
asm-xtensa Generic semaphore implementation 2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
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