Re: [patch] Inline vm_acct_memory

From: Hugh Dickins (hugh@veritas.com)
Date: Wed May 28 2003 - 10:46:42 EST


On Wed, 28 May 2003, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote:
> I found that inlining vm_acct_memory speeds up vm_enough_memory.
> Since vm_acct_memory is only called by vm_enough_memory,

No, linux/mman.h declares

static inline void vm_unacct_memory(long pages)
{
vm_acct_memory(-pages);
}

and I count 18 callsites for vm_unacct_memory.

I'm no judge of what's worth inlining, but Andrew is widely known
and feared as The Scourge of Inliners, so I'd advise you to hide...

Hugh

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