Re: [PATCH] mellanox: mlx5: Use logging functions to reduce text ~10k/5%

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Thu Jun 23 2016 - 03:00:54 EST


On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:23:59AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> The logging macros create a bit of duplicated code/text.
>
> Use specialized functions to reduce the duplication.
>
> (defconfig/x86-64)
> $ size drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/built-in.o*
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>  178634    2059      16  180709   2c1e5 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/built-in.o.new
>  188679    2059      16  190754   2e922 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/built-in.o.old
>
> The output changes now do not include line #,
> but do include the function offset.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

As far as I see all these functions are used in error paths, so no
implication on performance is expected.

And I'm fine with function offsets.

Saeed,
What do you think?

Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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