On Fri, 2017-09-22 at 12:06 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Sep 2017, Colin Ian King wrote: > > > On 22/09/17 11:03, Joe Perches wrote: > > > On Fri, 2017-09-22 at 09:23 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Colin King wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.k...@canonical.com> > > > > > > > > > > Don't populate const array ac_to_fifo on the stack in an inlined > > > > > function, instead make it static. Makes the object code smaller > > > > > by over 800 bytes: > > > > > > > > > > text data bss dec hex filename > > > > > 159029 33154 1216 193399 2f377 4965-mac.o > > > > > > > > > > text data bss dec hex filename > > > > > 158122 33250 1216 192588 2f04c 4965-mac.o > > > > > > > > > > (gcc version 7.2.0 x86_64) > > > > > > > > Gcc 7 must be much more aggressive about inlining than gcc 4. Here is > > > > the > > > > change that I got on this file: > > > > > > > > text data bss dec hex filename > > > > - 76346 1494 152 77992 130a8 > > > > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o > > > > + 76298 1494 152 77944 13078 > > > > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o > > > > decrease of 48 > > > > > > More likely different CONFIG options. > > > > > > e.g. allyesconfig vs defconfig with wireless > > > > > > > yup, I used allyesconfig > > Mine is also allyesconfig.
Odd. Here is what I get: (Sorry, no gcc-7) gcc4: gcc-4.9 (Ubuntu 4.9.4-2ubuntu1) 4.9.4 gcc5: gcc-5 (Ubuntu 5.4.1-8ubuntu1) 5.4.1 20170304 gcc6: gcc-6 (Ubuntu 6.3.0-12ubuntu2) 6.3.0 20170406 $ size drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o* text data bss dec hex filename 118559 1766 152 120477 1d69d drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc4.allyesconfig.new 118623 1766 152 120541 1d6dd drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc4.allyesconfig.old 51595 1156 0 52751 ce0f drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc4.defconfig.new 51659 1156 0 52815 ce4f drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc4.defconfig.old 141956 29790 1216 172962 2a3a2 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc5.allyesconfig.new 142671 29702 1216 173589 2a615 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc5.allyesconfig.old 51733 1156 0 52889 ce99 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc5.defconfig.new 51813 1156 0 52969 cee9 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc5.defconfig.old 152991 29790 1216 183997 2cebd drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc6.allyesconfig.new 153722 29702 1216 184640 2d140 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc6.allyesconfig.old 51813 1156 0 52969 cee9 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc6.defconfig.new 51893 1156 0 53049 cf39 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o.gcc6.defconfig.old
