[NET]: Deinline netif_carrier_{on,off}().

# grep -r 'netif_carrier_o[nf]' linux-2.6.12 | wc -l
246

# size vmlinux.org vmlinux.carrier
text data bss dec hex filename
4339634 1054414 259296 5653344 564360 vmlinux.org
4337710 1054414 259296 5651420 563bdc vmlinux.carrier

And this ain't an allyesconfig kernel!

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[e-mail]>

include/linux/netdevice.h

···
 
 extern void __netdev_watchdog_up(struct net_device *dev);
 
-static inline void netif_carrier_on(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state))
-		linkwatch_fire_event(dev);
-	if (netif_running(dev))
-		__netdev_watchdog_up(dev);
-}
+extern void netif_carrier_on(struct net_device *dev);
 
-static inline void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	if (!test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state))
-		linkwatch_fire_event(dev);
-}
+extern void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev);
 
 /* Hot-plugging. */
 static inline int netif_device_present(struct net_device *dev)

net/sched/sch_generic.c

···
 	spin_unlock_bh(&dev->xmit_lock);
 }
 
+void netif_carrier_on(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state))
+		linkwatch_fire_event(dev);
+	if (netif_running(dev))
+		__netdev_watchdog_up(dev);
+}
+
+void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state))
+		linkwatch_fire_event(dev);
+}
+
 /* "NOOP" scheduler: the best scheduler, recommended for all interfaces
    under all circumstances. It is difficult to invent anything faster or
    cheaper.
···
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netdev_watchdog_up);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_carrier_on);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_carrier_off);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(noop_qdisc);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(noop_qdisc_ops);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(qdisc_create_dflt);