From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/page_alloc: inline __rmqueue_pcplist When __alloc_pages_bulk() got introduced two callers of __rmqueue_pcplist exist and the compiler chooses to not inline this function. ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux-before vmlinux-inline__rmqueue_pcplist add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 164/-125 (39) Function old new delta rmqueue 2197 2296 +99 __alloc_pages_bulk 1921 1986 +65 __rmqueue_pcplist 125 - -125 Total: Before=19374127, After=19374166, chg +0.00% modprobe page_bench04_bulk loops=$((10**7)) Type:time_bulk_page_alloc_free_array - Per elem: 106 cycles(tsc) 29.595 ns (step:64) - (measurement period time:0.295955434 sec time_interval:295955434) - (invoke count:10000000 tsc_interval:1065447105) Before: - Per elem: 110 cycles(tsc) 30.633 ns (step:64) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210325114228.27719-6-mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@xxxxx> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-inline-__rmqueue_pcplist +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3456,7 +3456,8 @@ static inline void zone_statistics(struc } /* Remove page from the per-cpu list, caller must protect the list */ -static struct page *__rmqueue_pcplist(struct zone *zone, int migratetype, +static inline +struct page *__rmqueue_pcplist(struct zone *zone, int migratetype, unsigned int alloc_flags, struct per_cpu_pages *pcp, struct list_head *list) _