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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-04-26 17:44:55 +0200
commit60a3cdd0639473c79c253bc08c8ef8f882cca107 (patch)
treee72a5ca87873b286b02966a390277f828139d350 /arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
parentb1721d0da266b4af8cb4419473b4ca36206ab200 (diff)
x86: add optimized inlining
add CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING=y. allow gcc to optimize the kernel image's size by uninlining functions that have been marked 'inline'. Previously gcc was forced by Linux to always-inline these functions via a gcc attribute: #define inline inline __attribute__((always_inline)) Especially when the user has already selected CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y this can make a huge difference in kernel image size (using a standard Fedora .config): text data bss dec hex filename 5613924 562708 3854336 10030968 990f78 vmlinux.before 5486689 562708 3854336 9903733 971e75 vmlinux.after that's a 2.3% text size reduction (!). Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 239fd9fba0a..5b1979a45a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -257,3 +257,16 @@ config CPA_DEBUG
Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
endmenu
+
+config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
+ bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
+ default y
+ help
+ This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
+ developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
+ do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
+ compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
+ disabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
+ this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc4 to make the decision can
+ become the default in the future, until then this option is there to
+ test gcc for this.