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Balduin 21dc34fc5b refactor(uORB): save flash by splitting headers into header & implementation (#27581)
* refactor(uORB): out-line PublicationBase/Subscription methods to save flash

Move the type-independent PublicationBase::advertise()/publish() and
Subscription::copy()/update() bodies out of the headers into
Publication.cpp / Subscription.cpp, leaving only declarations inline.

PX4 links with bfd ld (no identical-code folding) and without LTO, so
these header-inline methods were emitted per translation unit: GCC both
.isra-cloned them (~39 publish, 25 advertise, 17 copy, 12 update copies)
and fully inlined them into many callers. Out-lining collapses all of
that to a single shared definition each.

This is the out-of-line follow-up to #27526, which hoisted advertise/
publish from the Publication<T> template into the non-template
PublicationBase but kept them inline in the header. The methods were
already emitted as separate clones, so callers already pay a bl and the
publish/read hot paths are unchanged -- this is pure code motion.

Saves 10.4 KB .text on auterion_fmu-v6x (1,949,568 -> 1,939,168).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor(uORB): out-line SubscriptionCallback register/unregister to save flash

Move SubscriptionCallback::registerCallback()/unregisterCallback() out of the
header into a new SubscriptionCallback.cpp. Like the Publication/Subscription
methods, these were emitted per translation unit (PX4 links with bfd ld, no
ICF, no LTO): GCC .isra-cloned them and inlined them into every WorkItem-based
subscriber's setup path.

registerCallback() runs only at subscription/callback setup (cold path), so
out-lining is pure code motion with no hot-path change.

Saves 4.9 KB .text on auterion_fmu-v6x (1,939,168 -> 1,934,128).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* refactor(uORB): out-line remaining Subscription methods to save flash

Extends this PR's pattern to the rest of Subscription: move the type-independent methods still defined in the header (constructors, destructor, copy/move assignment, updated(), advertised()) into Subscription.cpp so they are emitted once instead of inlined into every translation unit.

updated()/advertised() inline the Manager::updates_available / is_advertised (DeviceNode) chain, and the constructors were inlined at every subscription site, so most of the remaining duplication lived there. ~9.4 KB .text saved on ark_fmu-v6x_default.

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Jacob Dahl <dahl.jakejacob@gmail.com>
2026-06-09 11:40:25 -06:00
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