Re: [PATCH v10 06/33] mm: Add folio_put

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Fri May 14 2021 - 07:52:18 EST


On 5/11/21 11:47 PM, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> If we know we have a folio, we can call folio_put() instead of put_page()
> and save the overhead of calling compound_head(). Also skips the
> devmap checks.
>
> This commit looks like it should be a no-op, but actually saves 1312 bytes
> of text with the distro-derived config that I'm testing. Some functions
> grow a little while others shrink. I presume the compiler is making
> different inlining decisions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>