(updated with comments about the noinlines, and a fix for an >80 char line)
do_mount() uses a whopping 616 bytes of stack on x86_64 in 2.6.24-mm1, largely thanks to gcc inlining the various helper functions. noinlining these can slim it down a lot; on my box this patch gets it down to 168, which is mostly the struct nameidata nd; left on the stack. These functions are called only as do_mount() helpers; none of them should be in any path that would see a performance benefit from inlining... Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Index: linux-2.6.24-mm1/fs/namespace.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.24-mm1.orig/fs/namespace.c +++ linux-2.6.24-mm1/fs/namespace.c @@ -1295,8 +1295,9 @@ out_unlock: /* * recursively change the type of the mountpoint. + * noinline this do_mount helper to save do_mount stack space. */ -static int do_change_type(struct nameidata *nd, int flag) +static noinline int do_change_type(struct nameidata *nd, int flag) { struct vfsmount *m, *mnt = nd->path.mnt; int recurse = flag & MS_REC; @@ -1319,8 +1320,10 @@ static int do_change_type(struct nameida /* * do loopback mount. + * noinline this do_mount helper to save do_mount stack space. */ -static int do_loopback(struct nameidata *nd, char *old_name, int recurse) +static noinline int do_loopback(struct nameidata *nd, char *old_name, + int recurse) { struct nameidata old_nd; struct vfsmount *mnt = NULL; @@ -1386,8 +1389,9 @@ static int change_mount_flags(struct vfs * change filesystem flags. dir should be a physical root of filesystem. * If you've mounted a non-root directory somewhere and want to do remount * on it - tough luck. + * noinline this do_mount helper to save do_mount stack space. */ -static int do_remount(struct nameidata *nd, int flags, int mnt_flags, +static noinline int do_remount(struct nameidata *nd, int flags, int mnt_flags, void *data) { int err; @@ -1425,7 +1429,10 @@ static inline int tree_contains_unbindab return 0; } -static int do_move_mount(struct nameidata *nd, char *old_name) +/* + * noinline this do_mount helper to save do_mount stack space. + */ +static noinline int do_move_mount(struct nameidata *nd, char *old_name) { struct nameidata old_nd, parent_nd; struct vfsmount *p; @@ -1504,8 +1511,9 @@ out: /* * create a new mount for userspace and request it to be added into the * namespace's tree + * noinline this do_mount helper to save do_mount stack space. */ -static int do_new_mount(struct nameidata *nd, char *type, int flags, +static noinline int do_new_mount(struct nameidata *nd, char *type, int flags, int mnt_flags, char *name, void *data) { struct vfsmount *mnt; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/