Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: page_alloc: Reduce object size by neatening printks

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Mar 16 2017 - 16:33:28 EST


On Thu, 2017-03-16 at 11:56 +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 15-03-17 18:43:13, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Function calls with large argument counts cause x86-64 register
> > spilling. Reducing the number of arguments in a multi-line printk
> > by converting to multiple printks which saves some object code size.
> >
> > $ size mm/page_alloc.o* (defconfig)
> > text data bss dec hex filename
> > 35914 1699 628 38241 9561 mm/page_alloc.o.new
> > 36018 1699 628 38345 95c9 mm/page_alloc.o.old
> >
> > Miscellanea:
> >
> > o Remove line leading spaces from the formerly multi-line printks
> > commit a25700a53f71 ("mm: show bounce pages in oom killer output")
> > back in 2007 started the leading space when a single long line
> > was split into multiple lines but the leading space was likely
> > mistakenly kept and subsequent commits followed suit.
> > o Align arguments in a few more printks
>
> This is really hard to review. Could you just drop all the whitespace
> changes please?

It's a single, simple change. It's IMO trivial to review.