Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] build kernel/profile.o only when requested

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 02:01:21AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 20 May 2008 00:53:06 +0300 Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Build kernel/profile.o only if CONFIG_PROFILING is enabled.
> > 
> > This makes CONFIG_PROFILING=n kernels smaller.
> > 
> > As a bonus, some profile_tick() calls and one branch from schedule() are 
> > now eliminated with CONFIG_PROFILING=n (but I doubt these are
> > measurable effects).
> > 
> > This patch changes the effects of CONFIG_PROFILING=n, but I don't think 
> > having more than two choices would be the better choice.
> > 
> > This patch also adds the name of the first parameter to the prototypes 
> > of profile_{hits,tick}() since I anyway had to add them for the dummy 
> > functions.
> > 
> 
> Little nits:
> 
> > index 05c1cc7..4081fa3 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/profile.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/profile.h
> > @@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
> >  
> >  #include <asm/errno.h>
> >  
> > -extern int prof_on __read_mostly;
> > -
> >  #define CPU_PROFILING	1
> >  #define SCHED_PROFILING	2
> >  #define SLEEP_PROFILING	3
> > @@ -19,14 +17,29 @@ struct proc_dir_entry;
> >  struct pt_regs;
> >  struct notifier_block;
> >  
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_PROFILING) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
> > +void create_prof_cpu_mask(struct proc_dir_entry *);
> 
> This omits the argument's name, whereas elsewhere you have taken care
> to introduce the name where it was missing.
> 
> > +#else
> > +#define create_prof_cpu_mask(x)			do { (void)(x); } while (0)
> 
> I think this could be a static inline, which is neater.
>...

In these two cases I only moved code.

And I actually moved the other code and git just decided to move the 
code that stayed instead since it creates less changed lines...

cu
Adrian

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