[PATCH] drm: Reduce object size of DRM_ERROR and DRM_DEBUG uses

Joe Perches joe at perches.com
Thu Mar 15 14:48:30 UTC 2018


On Thu, 2018-03-15 at 14:22 +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Op 13-03-18 om 23:02 schreef Joe Perches:
> > drm_printk is used for both DRM_ERROR and DRM_DEBUG with unnecessary
> > arguments that can be removed by creating separate functins.
> > 
> > Create specific functions for these calls to reduce x86/64 defconfig
> > size by ~20k.
> > 
> > Modify the existing macros to use the specific calls.
> > 
> > new:
> > $ size -t drivers/gpu/drm/built-in.a | tail -1
> > 1876562	  44542	    995	1922099	 1d5433	(TOTALS)
> > 
> > old:
> > $ size -t drivers/gpu/drm/built-in.a | tail -1
> > 1897565	  44542	    995	1943102	 1da63e	(TOTALS)
[]
> I guess this adds up. Nice reduction. :)

Yup. 1% of all drm object code.

> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
[]
> >  
> > -	drm_printk(level, category, "mismatch in %s %pV", name, &vaf);
> > +	if (adjust)
> > +		drm_dbg(DRM_UT_KMS, "mismatch in %s %pV", name, &vaf);
> > +	else
> > +		drm_err("mismatch in %s %pV", name, &vaf);
> 
> Could this use DRM_DEBUG_KMS/DRM_ERROR?
> 
> Rest looks good, so I can fix up if you want.

If want you change something like that, it should be separate patch.

btw: There was  separate patch that also reduced object size
of the drm_dev_printk calls several months ago.  Never applied.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/9/25/247

cheers, Joe



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