[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH/RFC] IB/ehca: Make symbols used only in a single source file static

Hoang-Nam Nguyen HNGUYEN at de.ibm.com
Wed Mar 19 08:35:04 PDT 2008


> Allow the compiler to optimize better and generate smaller code:
>
> add/remove: 0/6 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 1528/-1864 (-336)
> function                                     old     new   delta
> .ehca_set_pagebuf                           1344    2172    +828
> .ehca_probe                                 2312    3012    +700
> ehca_set_pagebuf_phys                         24       -     -24
> ehca_set_pagebuf_fmr                          24       -     -24
> ehca_init_device                              24       -     -24
> .ehca_set_pagebuf_fmr                        480       -    -480
> .ehca_set_pagebuf_phys                       512       -    -512
> .ehca_init_device                            800       -    -800
>
> Also this fixes warnings like:
>
>     drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_mrmw.c:2015:5: warning: symbol
> 'ehca_set_pagebuf_fmr' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd at cisco.com>
> ---
Looks good to me. Much thanks!
Nam




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