Herbert Xu wrote: > Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 06:55:32PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote: >> >>>Looking at ip_input.o as example (everything without forced inlining): >>> >>> text data bss dec hex filename >>> 2076 8 0 2084 824 net/ipv4/ip_input.o >>> 3483 8 0 3491 da3 net/ipv4/ip_input.o >> >>If it's so big perhaps it should be inlined? It'll be a tail >>call anyway. > > > s/should be/shouldn't be/
Unfortunately gcc doesn't perform tail call optimization when the address of a parameter or local variable is passed to an extern function before the tail call, which NF_HOOK does for the skb. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
