Re: [GIT PULL] printk for 5.10 (includes lockless ringbuffer)

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Petr,

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 4:50 PM Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> - Fully lockless ringbuffer implementation, including the support for
>   continuous lines. It will allow to store and read messages in any
>   situation wihtout the risk of deadlocks and without the need
>   of temporary per-CPU buffers.

    linux-m68k-atari_defconfig$ bloat-o-meter vmlinux.old
vmlinux.lockless_ringbuffer
    add/remove: 39/16 grow/shrink: 9/15 up/down: 214075/-4362 (209713)
    Function                                     old     new   delta
    _printk_rb_static_infos                        -  180224 +180224
    _printk_rb_static_descs                        -   24576  +24576
    [...]

Seriously?!? Or am I being misled by the tools?

    linux-m68k-atari_defconfig$ size vmlinux.old vmlinux.lockless_ringbuffer
       text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
    3559108 941716 177772 4678596 4763c4 vmlinux.old
    3563922 1152496 175276 4891694 4aa42e vmlinux.lockless_ringbuffer

Apparently not...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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