> Don't worry, or waste your time, I don't take patches from this author > as they are in my blacklist.
I am curious if our dialogue can become more constructive again. ๐ I can offer another bit of information for this software development discussion. ๐ญ The affected source files can be compiled for the processor architecture โx86_64โ by a tool like โGCC 6.4.1+r251631-1.3โ from the software distribution โopenSUSE Tumbleweedโ with the following command example. my_cc=/usr/bin/gcc-6 \ && my_module1=drivers/usb/core/hub.o \ && my_module2=drivers/usb/core/message.o \ && git checkout next-20171102 \ && make -j4 CC="${my_cc}" HOSTCC="${my_cc}" allmodconfig "${my_module1}" "${my_module2}" \ && size "${my_module1}" "${my_module2}" \ && git checkout ':/^USB: core: Improve unlocking of a mutex in two functions' \ && make -j4 CC="${my_cc}" HOSTCC="${my_cc}" allmodconfig "${my_module1}" "${my_module2}" \ && size "${my_module1}" "${my_module2}" ๐ฎ Do you find the following differences useful for further clarification? โโโโโโโโโโโคโโโโโโโ โ module โ text โ โ โโโโโโโโโโชโโโโโโโฃ โ hub โ -16 โ โ message โ -48 โ โโโโโโโโโโโงโโโโโโโ Regards, Markus