On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:55:37 +0100 Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 05:52:31PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > > Uninline may_create() and do_follow_link() and use vfs_follow_link() > > instead of __vfs_follow_link() in __do_follow_link(). It allows to > > slightly reduce the size of kernel code: > > > > text data bss dec hex filename > > 1114299 118564 212992 1445855 160fdf vmlinux.old > > 1112971 118564 212992 1444527 160aaf vmlinux > > -1328 0 0 -1328 -530 +/- That's a really big difference, considering whereabouts in the kernel this is. > > This patch is part of the Linux Tiny project and has been originally > > written by Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Absolutely not. do_follow_link() et.al. are parts of mutual recursion > loop and we need to reduce the use of kernel *stack*. Last time someone tried to "fix" this I suggested that we add some comments explaining the design - why it is the way it is. And the time before that. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
