Re: [PATCH] Use bool for boolean flag in printk_once()

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 14:21 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:48:26 -0700
> Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> > Using the type bool (instead of int) for the __print_once flag in the
> > printk_once() macro matches the intent of the code better, and allows
> > the compiler to generate smaller code; eg a typical callsite with gcc
> > 4.3.3 on i386:
> > 
> > add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 0/-6 (-6)
> > function                                     old     new   delta
> > static.__print_once                            4       1      -3
> > get_cpu_vendor                               146     143      -3
> > 
> > Saving 6 bytes of object size per callsite by slightly improving the
> > readability of the source seems like a win to me.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/kernel.h |    4 ++--
> >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
> > index d6320a3..f828ce9 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
> > @@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ extern bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies,
> >   * Print a one-time message (analogous to WARN_ONCE() et al):
> >   */
> >  #define printk_once(x...) ({			\
> > -	static int __print_once = 1;		\
> > +	static bool __print_once = true;	\
> >  						\
> >  	if (__print_once) {			\
> > -		__print_once = 0;		\
> > +		__print_once = false;		\
> >  		printk(x);			\
> >  	}					\
> >  })
> 
> hm, OK,  in trace_recursive_lock() we get:
> 
> 	cmpl	$0, __print_once.28104(%rip)	#, __print_once
> 	je	.L719	#,
> 
> changed to
> 
> 	cmpb	$0, __print_once.28104(%rip)	# __print_once
> 	je	.L719	#,

The test should be inverted so that it's not initialized.

I submitted this once:
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0905.2/02636.html

	static bool printed;
	if (!printed) {
		printed = true;
		printk...
	}