On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 01:30:17AM +0800, Sean Fu wrote:
> Use PAGE_SHIFT and i_blkbits of bd_inode directly to avoid ugly sizebits
> calculation.
> Remove ugly sizebits calculation.
> Remove unnecessary sizebits parameter of grow_dev_page.
> 
> Reduces code size:
> 
> Before:
> 
> sean@linux-zmni:~/sda5/source/linus_repo/linux> size fs/buffer.o
>    text          data     bss     dec     hex filename
>   34037          1510      16   35563    8aeb fs/buffer.o
> 
> After:
> 
> sean@linux-zmni:~/sda5/source/linus_repo/linux> size fs/buffer.o
>    text          data     bss     dec     hex filename
>   34021          1510      16   35547    8adb fs/buffer.o

First of all, 16 bytes is pretty much noise.  What's more, the "remove ugly
sizebits calculation" part really needs an explanation of the reasons why
it's safe.  You assume that size == 1<<bdev->bd_inode->i_blkbits; where's
the proof that it always holds?

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