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authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>2026-01-17 08:34:47 +0000
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2026-01-31 16:16:06 -0800
commitcc20650a096370469919be0eb3b041fc5aa47b39 (patch)
treef5cc3a17f3450b08a7475189a176ed1545487f46 /scripts
parentbec261fec6d41318e414c4064f2b67c6db628acd (diff)
scripts/bloat-o-meter: ignore __noinstr_text_start
__noinstr_text_start is adding noise to the script, ignore it. For instance using __always_inline on __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary and CC=clang build. Before this patch, __noinstr_text_start can show up and confuse us. $ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux.new add/remove: 0/2 grow/shrink: 3/0 up/down: 212/-206 (6) Function old new delta tcp6_gro_complete 208 283 +75 tcp4_gro_complete 376 449 +73 __noinstr_text_start 3536 3600 +64 __pfx___skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary 32 - -32 __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary 174 - -174 Total: Before=25509464, After=25509470, chg +0.00% After this patch we have a more precise result. $ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux.new add/remove: 0/2 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 148/-206 (-58) Function old new delta tcp6_gro_complete 208 283 +75 tcp4_gro_complete 376 449 +73 __pfx___skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary 32 - -32 __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary 174 - -174 Total: Before=25505928, After=25505870, chg -0.00% Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260117083448.3877418-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/bloat-o-meter1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/bloat-o-meter b/scripts/bloat-o-meter
index 888ce286a351..db5dd18dc2d5 100755
--- a/scripts/bloat-o-meter
+++ b/scripts/bloat-o-meter
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def getsizes(file, format):
if name.startswith("__se_sys"): continue
if name.startswith("__se_compat_sys"): continue
if name.startswith("__addressable_"): continue
+ if name.startswith("__noinstr_text_start"): continue
if name == "linux_banner": continue
if name == "vermagic": continue
# statics and some other optimizations adds random .NUMBER