Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/message/i2o/iop.c: static inline functions mustn't be exported

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 11:06:00PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> >
> > static inline functions mustn't be exported.
> > 
> 
> Actually, exports of static inlines work OK.  The compiler will emit an
> out-of-line copy to satisfy EXPORT_SYMBOL's reference and the module
> namespace is separate from the compiler&linker's namespace.
> 
> Of course, things will screw up when we're using the compiler&linker
> namespace (ie: the driver is statically linked).
>...

It even works with statically linked drivers.
It does work unless CONFIG_MODULES=n.

But this doesn't mean it's OK - exporting static code is wrong.

BTW:
It seems Patrick's recently merged patch to let the compiler help us 
find such bugs (a1a8feed1743ec8d2af1dafa7c5321679f0a3e4f) isn't working.

cu
Adrian

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