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SubjectRe: [PATCH] xfs: do not pass unused params to xfs_flush_pages
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On Tuesday 22 April 2008 05:15, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > xfs_flush_pages() does not use some of its parameters, namely:
> > first, last and fiops.
> >
> > This patch removes these parameters from all callsites.
> >
> > Code size difference on 32-bit x86:
> >
> > text data bss dec hex filename
> > 390739 2748 1708 395195 607bb linux-2.6-xfs1-TEST/fs/xfs/xfs.o
> > 390567 2748 1708 395023 6070f linux-2.6-xfs2-TEST/fs/xfs/xfs.o
> >
> > Compile-tested only.
>
> FWIW this one actually does not seem to reduce stack usage anywhere.

I hope this will not deteriorate into a contest whether
every particular patch reduces stack usage or not, but:

You do not see reduced stack usage in "make checkstack",
because "make checkstack" shows only stack usage caused by
local variables (it analyses sub %esp,NN instructions which
make room for them). Parameters also take up stack, but
they are pushed on stack with push instruction,
and so are invisible in "make checkstack" output.
--
vda


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