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

Allyesconfig (v2.6.24-mm1):

-28162  354 funcs, 3005 +, 31167 -, diff: -28162 --- skb_pull

Without number of debug related CONFIGs (v2.6.25-rc2-mm1):

-9697  338 funcs, 221 +, 9918 -, diff: -9697 --- skb_pull
skb_pull                      |  +44

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

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index f085955cb5a7..6d6cde7b243c 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ static inline unsigned char *skb_push(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 	return skb->data;
 }
 
+extern unsigned char *skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len);
 static inline unsigned char *__skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 {
 	skb->len -= len;
@@ -934,21 +935,6 @@ static inline unsigned char *__skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 	return skb->data += len;
 }
 
-/**
- *	skb_pull - remove data from the start of a buffer
- *	@skb: buffer to use
- *	@len: amount of data to remove
- *
- *	This function removes data from the start of a buffer, returning
- *	the memory to the headroom. A pointer to the next data in the buffer
- *	is returned. Once the data has been pulled future pushes will overwrite
- *	the old data.
- */
-static inline unsigned char *skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
-{
-	return unlikely(len > skb->len) ? NULL : __skb_pull(skb, len);
-}
-
 extern unsigned char *__pskb_pull_tail(struct sk_buff *skb, int delta);
 
 static inline unsigned char *__pskb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 3402eca768f8..cf489b6329e8 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -878,6 +878,22 @@ unsigned char *skb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_put);
 
+/**
+ *	skb_pull - remove data from the start of a buffer
+ *	@skb: buffer to use
+ *	@len: amount of data to remove
+ *
+ *	This function removes data from the start of a buffer, returning
+ *	the memory to the headroom. A pointer to the next data in the buffer
+ *	is returned. Once the data has been pulled future pushes will overwrite
+ *	the old data.
+ */
+unsigned char *skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	return unlikely(len > skb->len) ? NULL : __skb_pull(skb, len);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_pull);
+
 /* Trims skb to length len. It can change skb pointers.
  */