diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/decompress_unzip.c b/archival/libunarchive/decompress_unzip.c
index c571ab438..feaa047bd 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/decompress_unzip.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/decompress_unzip.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static void inflate_codes_setup(STATE_PARAM unsigned my_bl, unsigned my_bd)
 	md = mask_bits[bd];
 }
 /* called once from inflate_get_next_window */
-static int inflate_codes(STATE_PARAM_ONLY)
+static NOINLINE int inflate_codes(STATE_PARAM_ONLY)
 {
 	unsigned e;	/* table entry flag/number of extra bits */
 	huft_t *t;	/* pointer to table entry */
diff --git a/docs/keep_data_small.txt b/docs/keep_data_small.txt
index 2ba24e4a1..079bac3a6 100644
--- a/docs/keep_data_small.txt
+++ b/docs/keep_data_small.txt
@@ -245,3 +245,7 @@ subCommand             -     841    +841 loss
 receive                -     834    +834 loss
 
 855 bytes saved in total.
+
+scripts/mkdiff_obj_bloat may be useful to automate this process: run
+"scripts/mkdiff_obj_bloat NORMALLY_BUILT_TREE FORCED_NOINLINE_TREE"
+and select modules which shrank.
diff --git a/editors/ed.c b/editors/ed.c
index 9084a17fb..dbd802075 100644
--- a/editors/ed.c
+++ b/editors/ed.c
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ static void deleteLines(int num1, int num2)
  * Returns the line number which matches, or 0 if there was no match
  * with an error printed.
  */
-static int searchLines(const char *str, int num1, int num2)
+static NOINLINE int searchLines(const char *str, int num1, int num2)
 {
 	const LINE *lp;
 	int len;
diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index 4decbea17..a24b72303 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ static int next_tabstop(int col)
 }
 
 //----- Synchronize the cursor to Dot --------------------------
-static void sync_cursor(char *d, int *row, int *col)
+static NOINLINE void sync_cursor(char *d, int *row, int *col)
 {
 	char *beg_cur;	// begin and end of "d" line
 	char *tp;
diff --git a/loginutils/getty.c b/loginutils/getty.c
index 838adf2e7..f44d387b6 100644
--- a/loginutils/getty.c
+++ b/loginutils/getty.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static void touch(const char *filename)
 }
 
 /* update_utmp - update our utmp entry */
-static void update_utmp(const char *line, char *fakehost)
+static NOINLINE void update_utmp(const char *line, char *fakehost)
 {
 	struct utmp ut;
 	struct utmp *utp;
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c b/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c
index d042af07b..39af88324 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void print_queuelen(char *name)
 		printf("qlen %d", ifr.ifr_qlen);
 }
 
-static int print_linkinfo(const struct nlmsghdr *n)
+static NOINLINE int print_linkinfo(const struct nlmsghdr *n)
 {
 	struct ifinfomsg *ifi = NLMSG_DATA(n);
 	struct rtattr * tb[IFLA_MAX+1];
diff --git a/networking/route.c b/networking/route.c
index 5d2540802..241be8e09 100644
--- a/networking/route.c
+++ b/networking/route.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int kw_lookup(const char *kwtbl, char ***pargs)
 
 /* Add or delete a route, depending on action. */
 
-static void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
+static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 {
 	struct rtentry rt;
 	const char *netmask = NULL;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IPV6
 
-static void INET6_setroute(int action, char **args)
+static NOINLINE void INET6_setroute(int action, char **args)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_in6 sa6;
 	struct in6_rtmsg rt;
diff --git a/runit/chpst.c b/runit/chpst.c
index 21297daf6..270ec0aeb 100644
--- a/runit/chpst.c
+++ b/runit/chpst.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ enum {
 	OPT_2 = (1 << 20) * ENABLE_CHPST,
 };
 
-static void edir(const char *directory_name)
+static NOINLINE void edir(const char *directory_name)
 {
 	int wdir;
 	DIR *dir;
diff --git a/scripts/mkdiff_obj b/scripts/mkdiff_obj
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a6ec5e602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mkdiff_obj
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+filter() {
+	# sed removes " address: " prefixes which mess up diff
+	sed $'s/^\\(\t*\\)[ ]*[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]*:[ \t]*/\\1/' \
+	| sed 's/__GI_//g'
+}
+
+test -d "$1" || exit 1
+test -d "$2" || exit 1
+
+{
+	(
+		cd "$1" || exit 1
+		find -name '*.o' -o -name '*.os' # -o -name '*.so'
+	)
+	(
+		cd "$2" || exit 1
+		find -name '*.o' -o -name '*.os' # -o -name '*.so'
+	)
+} | sed 's:^\./::' | sort | uniq | \
+tee LST | \
+(
+IFS=''
+while read -r oname; do
+	if ! test -f "$1/$oname"; then
+		echo "Only $2/$oname"
+		continue
+	fi
+	if ! test -f "$2/$oname"; then
+		echo "Only $1/$oname"
+		continue
+	fi
+	diff -q -- "$1/$oname" "$2/$oname" >/dev/null && continue
+	(cd "$1"; objdump -dr "$oname" | filter >"$oname.disasm")
+	(cd "$2"; objdump -dr "$oname" | filter >"$oname.disasm")
+	diff -u "$1/$oname.disasm" "$2/$oname.disasm"
+done
+)
diff --git a/scripts/mkdiff_obj_bloat b/scripts/mkdiff_obj_bloat
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..63b2c2ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mkdiff_obj_bloat
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test -d "$1" || exit 1
+test -d "$2" || exit 1
+
+{
+	(
+		cd "$1" || exit 1
+		find -name '*.o' -o -name '*.os' # -o -name '*.so'
+	)
+	(
+		cd "$2" || exit 1
+		find -name '*.o' -o -name '*.os' # -o -name '*.so'
+	)
+} | sed 's:^\./::' | sort | uniq | \
+tee LST | \
+(
+IFS=''
+while read -r oname; do
+	if ! test -f "$1/$oname"; then
+		echo "Only $2/$oname"
+		continue
+	fi
+	if ! test -f "$2/$oname"; then
+		echo "Only $1/$oname"
+		continue
+	fi
+	$1/scripts/bloat-o-meter $1/$oname $2/$oname | grep 'otal: 0 byte' >/dev/null && continue
+	$1/scripts/bloat-o-meter $1/$oname $2/$oname
+	size $1/$oname $2/$oname
+	echo
+done
+)
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 54af39ada..f2d372f4a 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -6376,7 +6376,7 @@ subevalvar(char *p, char *str, int strloc, int subtype,
  * ash -c 'echo ${#$1}'  name:'$=1'
  * ash -c 'echo ${#1#}'  name:'1=#'
  */
-static ssize_t
+static NOINLINE ssize_t
 varvalue(char *name, int varflags, int flags, struct strlist *var_str_list)
 {
 	int num;
diff --git a/util-linux/ipcs.c b/util-linux/ipcs.c
index c8c6d76fa..c1103b093 100644
--- a/util-linux/ipcs.c
+++ b/util-linux/ipcs.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static NOINLINE void do_shm(void)
 }
 
 
-static void do_sem(void)
+static NOINLINE void do_sem(void)
 {
 	int maxid, semid, id;
 	struct semid_ds semary;
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static void do_sem(void)
 }
 
 
-static void do_msg(void)
+static NOINLINE void do_msg(void)
 {
 	int maxid, msqid, id;
 	struct msqid_ds msgque;
diff --git a/util-linux/rtcwake.c b/util-linux/rtcwake.c
index 278acf347..ee2f031b4 100644
--- a/util-linux/rtcwake.c
+++ b/util-linux/rtcwake.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 static time_t rtc_time;
 
-static bool may_wakeup(const char *rtcname)
+static NOINLINE bool may_wakeup(const char *rtcname)
 {
 	ssize_t ret;
 	char buf[128];
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static bool may_wakeup(const char *rtcname)
 	return strncmp(buf, "enabled\n", 8) == 0;
 }
 
-static void setup_alarm(int fd, time_t *wakeup)
+static NOINLINE void setup_alarm(int fd, time_t *wakeup)
 {
 	struct tm *tm;
 	struct linux_rtc_wkalrm	wake;