RE: [PATCH 1/3] cpumask: Add a x86-specific cpumask_clear_cpu() helper

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Fri Feb 04 2022 - 11:46:30 EST


> Also, always inline two more cpumask generic helpers.
>
> allyesconfig:
>
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 190553143 159425889 32076404 382055436 16c5b40c vmlinux.before
> 190551812 159424945 32076404 382053161 16c5ab29 vmlinux.after

That looks odd. You added "always" to some inline functions, which I'd
have thought might cause *more* inlining, and thus an increase in text
size. But it actually went *down* by 1331 bytes.

-Tony