diff --git a/src/libcore/dvec.rs b/src/libcore/dvec.rs
index bdbdb6cef16b..60cb1b51be68 100644
--- a/src/libcore/dvec.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/dvec.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ impl private_methods<A> for dvec<A> {
 // almost nothing works without the copy bound due to limitations
 // around closures.
 impl extensions<A> for dvec<A> {
+    /// Reserves space for N elements
+    fn reserve(count: uint) {
+        vec::reserve(self.data, count)
+    }
+
     /**
      * Swaps out the current vector and hands it off to a user-provided
      * function `f`.  The function should transform it however is desired
diff --git a/src/libcore/vec.rs b/src/libcore/vec.rs
index 5aa2f35029ab..c07dd9b8224c 100644
--- a/src/libcore/vec.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/vec.rs
@@ -509,10 +509,7 @@ fn push<T>(&v: ~[const T], +initval: T) {
         let repr: **unsafe::vec_repr = ::unsafe::reinterpret_cast(addr_of(v));
         let fill = (**repr).fill;
         if (**repr).alloc > fill {
-            (**repr).fill += sys::size_of::<T>();
-            let p = ptr::addr_of((**repr).data);
-            let p = ptr::offset(p, fill) as *mut T;
-            rusti::move_val_init(*p, initval);
+            push_fast(v, initval);
         }
         else {
             push_slow(v, initval);
@@ -520,9 +517,21 @@ fn push<T>(&v: ~[const T], +initval: T) {
     }
 }
 
+// This doesn't bother to make sure we have space.
+#[inline(always)] // really pretty please
+unsafe fn push_fast<T>(&v: ~[const T], +initval: T) {
+    let repr: **unsafe::vec_repr = ::unsafe::reinterpret_cast(addr_of(v));
+    let fill = (**repr).fill;
+    (**repr).fill += sys::size_of::<T>();
+    let p = ptr::addr_of((**repr).data);
+    let p = ptr::offset(p, fill) as *mut T;
+    rusti::move_val_init(*p, initval);
+}
+
+#[inline(never)]
 fn push_slow<T>(&v: ~[const T], +initval: T) {
     reserve_at_least(v, v.len() + 1u);
-    push(v, initval);
+    unsafe { push_fast(v, initval) }
 }
 
 // Unchecked vector indexing
@@ -644,7 +653,6 @@ fn grow_fn<T>(&v: ~[const T], n: uint, op: init_op<T>) {
  * of the vector, expands the vector by replicating `initval` to fill the
  * intervening space.
  */
-#[inline(always)]
 fn grow_set<T: copy>(&v: ~[mut T], index: uint, initval: T, val: T) {
     if index >= len(v) { grow(v, index - len(v) + 1u, initval); }
     v[index] = val;
diff --git a/src/libstd/smallintmap.rs b/src/libstd/smallintmap.rs
index 112a55ab67d8..09f14f4f63e6 100644
--- a/src/libstd/smallintmap.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/smallintmap.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ enum smallintmap<T:copy> {
 
 /// Create a smallintmap
 fn mk<T: copy>() -> smallintmap<T> {
-    ret smallintmap_(@{v: dvec()});
+    let v = dvec();
+    ret smallintmap_(@{v: v});
 }
 
 /**
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ fn mk<T: copy>() -> smallintmap<T> {
  */
 #[inline(always)]
 fn insert<T: copy>(self: smallintmap<T>, key: uint, val: T) {
+    //#error("inserting key %?", key);
     self.v.grow_set_elt(key, none, some(val));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/attr.rs b/src/libsyntax/attr.rs
index 859bc70bfd64..4587a5b8b297 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/attr.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/attr.rs
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ fn foreign_abi(attrs: ~[ast::attribute]) -> either<~str, ast::foreign_abi> {
 enum inline_attr {
     ia_none,
     ia_hint,
-    ia_always
+    ia_always,
+    ia_never,
 }
 
 /// True if something like #[inline] is found in the list of attrs.
@@ -376,6 +377,9 @@ fn find_inline_attr(attrs: ~[ast::attribute]) -> inline_attr {
           ast::meta_list(@~"inline", items) {
             if !vec::is_empty(find_meta_items_by_name(items, ~"always")) {
                 ia_always
+            } else if !vec::is_empty(
+                find_meta_items_by_name(items, ~"never")) {
+                ia_never
             } else {
                 ia_hint
             }
diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/encoder.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/encoder.rs
index 69e97f7e9db6..b2847b3acc53 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/encoder.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/encoder.rs
@@ -545,8 +545,8 @@ fn purity_fn_family(p: purity) -> char {
 
 fn should_inline(attrs: ~[attribute]) -> bool {
     alt attr::find_inline_attr(attrs) {
-        attr::ia_none { false }
-        attr::ia_hint | attr::ia_always { true }
+        attr::ia_none | attr::ia_never  { false }
+        attr::ia_hint | attr::ia_always { true  }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rustc/middle/trans/base.rs b/src/rustc/middle/trans/base.rs
index 209bb6ee7c2c..94a4a30021db 100644
--- a/src/rustc/middle/trans/base.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/middle/trans/base.rs
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ fn set_inline_hint_if_appr(attrs: ~[ast::attribute],
     alt attr::find_inline_attr(attrs) {
       attr::ia_hint { set_inline_hint(llfn); }
       attr::ia_always { set_always_inline(llfn); }
+      attr::ia_never { set_no_inline(llfn); }
       attr::ia_none { /* fallthrough */ }
     }
 }