Re: [PATCH] drm: Reduce object size of DRM_ERROR and DRM_DEBUG uses

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Mar 15 2018 - 10:48:39 EST


On Thu, 2018-03-15 at 14:22 +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Op 13-03-18 om 23:02 schreef Joe Perches:
> > drm_printk is used for both DRM_ERROR and DRM_DEBUG with unnecessary
> > arguments that can be removed by creating separate functins.
> >
> > Create specific functions for these calls to reduce x86/64 defconfig
> > size by ~20k.
> >
> > Modify the existing macros to use the specific calls.
> >
> > new:
> > $ size -t drivers/gpu/drm/built-in.a | tail -1
> > 1876562 44542 995 1922099 1d5433 (TOTALS)
> >
> > old:
> > $ size -t drivers/gpu/drm/built-in.a | tail -1
> > 1897565 44542 995 1943102 1da63e (TOTALS)
[]
> I guess this adds up. Nice reduction. :)

Yup. 1% of all drm object code.

> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
[]
> >
> > - drm_printk(level, category, "mismatch in %s %pV", name, &vaf);
> > + if (adjust)
> > + drm_dbg(DRM_UT_KMS, "mismatch in %s %pV", name, &vaf);
> > + else
> > + drm_err("mismatch in %s %pV", name, &vaf);
>
> Could this use DRM_DEBUG_KMS/DRM_ERROR?
>
> Rest looks good, so I can fix up if you want.

If want you change something like that, it should be separate patch.

btw: There was separate patch that also reduced object size
of the drm_dev_printk calls several months ago. Never applied.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/9/25/247

cheers, Joe