Hi,
inliner knows that removing external function is not going to save any code,
but it should also know that inlining into external function that is itself
not inline (yet) does not cost you anything either.
Bootstrapped/regtested x86_64-linux, comitted.
Honza
Index: ipa-inline-transform.c
===================================================================
--- ipa-inline-transform.c (revision 192821)
+++ ipa-inline-transform.c (working copy)
@@ -269,7 +269,10 @@ inline_call (struct cgraph_edge *e, bool
|| predicated);
#endif
- if (overall_size)
+ /* Account the change of overall unit size; external functions will be
+ removed and are thus not accounted. */
+ if (overall_size
+ && !DECL_EXTERNAL (to->symbol.decl))
*overall_size += new_size - old_size;
ncalls_inlined++;
