On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 01:31 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > Global function ipv6_rcv_saddr_equal and static functions
> > ipv6_rcv_saddr_equal and ipv4_rcv_saddr_equal currently return int.
> > 
> > bool is slightly more descriptive for these functions so change
> > their return type from int to bool.
> 
> From code generation POV "int" is better for non-inlined functions
> especially on non-x86.

I don't agree with you here.  For instance:

$ size net/ipv4/*.o*
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
   9832      26       0    9858    2682 
net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.o.arm.defconfig.new
   9860      26       0    9886    269e 
net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.o.arm.defconfig.old


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