[NET]: uninline dev_alloc_skb, de-bloats a lot

Allyesconfig (v2.6.24-mm1):

-23668  392 funcs, 104 +, 23772 -, diff: -23668 --- dev_alloc_skb

Without many debug CONFIGs (v2.6.25-rc2-mm1):

-12178  382 funcs, 157 +, 12335 -, diff: -12178 --- dev_alloc_skb
dev_alloc_skb                 |  +37

Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 6d6cde7b243c..01a11b0c0291 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1272,22 +1272,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *__dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length,
         return skb;
 }
 
-/**
- *      dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for receiving
- *      @length: length to allocate
- *
- *      Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The
- *      buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate
- *      the headroom they think they need without accounting for the
- *      built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations.
- *
- *      %NULL is returned if there is no free memory. Although this function
- *      allocates memory it can be called from an interrupt.
- */
-static inline struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
-{
-        return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC);
-}
+extern struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length);
 
 extern struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
                 unsigned int length, gfp_t gfp_mask);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index cf489b6329e8..0daf5c0e5b8d 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -263,6 +263,24 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
         return skb;
 }
 
+/**
+ *      dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for receiving
+ *      @length: length to allocate
+ *
+ *      Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The
+ *      buffer has unspecified headroom built in. Users should allocate
+ *      the headroom they think they need without accounting for the
+ *      built in space. The built in space is used for optimisations.
+ *
+ *      %NULL is returned if there is no free memory. Although this function
+ *      allocates memory it can be called from an interrupt.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
+{
+        return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_skb);
+
 static void skb_drop_list(struct sk_buff **listp)
 {
         struct sk_buff *list = *listp;