From: David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 14:35:47 +0000 > These 3 patches optimise the code that processes sctp's command queue. > (A list of 'tasks' to be performed after the rest of the chunk processing.) > > 1) Inline all the functions from command.c > 2) Remove the memset() calls used to zero a word-sized union. > 3) Use pointers instead of array indexes. > > The combined changes reduce the code size (amd64) by a few kb. > > I'm not 100% convinced that the zeroing done in patch 2 is needed at all. > On BE systems it is likely to generate more code than on LE ones. > In fact it might be best to change the union to only contain 'long' sized > items. > > Changes for v2: > - Add some missing initialisers in patch 2/3 and delete them in 3/3. > - Modify the commit message for 2/3 to point out that the union > shouldn't need to be zeroed, but the patches aren't intended to > change the behaviour even if the code is buggy. Series applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sctp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
