Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 18:36:00 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@jdyson.com> To: dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon) Cc: dyson@iquest.net, bright@rush.net, eivind@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NFS HEADS UP (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/nfs nfsm_subs.h xdr_subs.h) Message-ID: <199908212336.SAA11404@jdyson.com> In-Reply-To: <199908211649.JAA73759@apollo.backplane.com> from Matthew Dillon at "Aug 21, 99 09:49:39 am"
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Matthew Dillon said: > :> Well, the issue with converting many of the macros to inline functions > :> is with the embedded goto's and references to variables defined outside > :> the macros. Converting them to functions would basically require > :> rewriting a huge chunk of NFS code. > :> > :My working kernel runs with a few strategic NFS macros being converted > :to functions, and the size improvement is about 50K or so (maybe more!!!) > : > :John > > If you want to port some of it in that part of the source tree will be > available in a month or two, depending on how quickly the other stuff in > my queue gets committed. I've got two patch sets currently under test > related to other NFS issues and a third one in the wings. > The changes are "semi-trivial", and hope that a new kernel hacker can take a crack at it. Part of my comment however true, was meant as a tease to get more kernel people involved (helping the cause.) Anything that any of us does can be done by others, and fostering a talent search is a good thing (IMO.) I am willing to provide the info, but hope that a naiscent kernel hacker comes forward... John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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