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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Linus Torvalds
	<torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam-uyr5N9Q2VtJg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>,
	linux arch <linux-arch-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>,
	David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] prepare kconfig inline optimization for all architectures
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:57:54 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080427175754.GA28483@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0804271029130.2896-5CScLwifNT1QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 10:32:28AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Modern versions of gcc may do the right thing. Note the two very important 
> code-words: "modern" and "may".

It's even worse than that, that may not even get it right.  That's why
we need always_inline to force it when we know we need it.  Now for the
cases where we don't know know that we either need or really really
strongly want it we should just not mark it inline at all.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
	linux arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] prepare kconfig inline optimization for all architectures
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:57:54 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080427175754.GA28483@infradead.org> (raw)
Message-ID: <20080427175754.Mc8xgKX0jaGk0-jjqZKnYULx80CBR2-3xOhvoFTfVAs@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0804271029130.2896@woody.linux-foundation.org>

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 10:32:28AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Modern versions of gcc may do the right thing. Note the two very important 
> code-words: "modern" and "may".

It's even worse than that, that may not even get it right.  That's why
we need always_inline to force it when we know we need it.  Now for the
cases where we don't know know that we either need or really really
strongly want it we should just not mark it inline at all.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-04-27 17:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-27 10:51 [PATCH] prepare kconfig inline optimization for all architectures Sam Ravnborg
2008-04-27 10:51 ` Sam Ravnborg
     [not found] ` <20080427105100.GA14795-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 11:31   ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-27 11:31     ` Adrian Bunk
     [not found]     ` <20080427113158.GY2252-Aar9JVdAhcRoA3hw4S0G5QR5/fbUUdgG@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 11:56       ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-04-27 11:56         ` Sam Ravnborg
     [not found]         ` <20080427115603.GA23493-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 12:36           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-27 12:36             ` Ingo Molnar
     [not found]             ` <20080427123642.GA28005-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 12:49               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-27 12:49                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-27 17:06       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-27 17:06         ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]         ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0804271002360.2896-5CScLwifNT1QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 17:22           ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-27 17:22             ` Adrian Bunk
     [not found]             ` <20080427172235.GA2252-Aar9JVdAhcRoA3hw4S0G5QR5/fbUUdgG@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 17:32               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-27 17:32                 ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]                 ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0804271029130.2896-5CScLwifNT1QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 17:47                   ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-27 17:47                     ` Adrian Bunk
     [not found]                     ` <20080427174714.GB2252-Aar9JVdAhcRoA3hw4S0G5QR5/fbUUdgG@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 18:00                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-27 18:00                         ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]                         ` <20080427180007.GB28483-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 18:09                           ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-04-27 18:09                             ` Sam Ravnborg
     [not found]                             ` <20080427180957.GA25964-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 18:14                               ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-27 18:14                                 ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]                                 ` <20080427181411.GA31667-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 18:24                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-27 18:24                                     ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]                                     ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0804271118500.2896-5CScLwifNT1QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 18:32                                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-27 18:32                                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-27 19:36                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-27 19:36                                         ` Ingo Molnar
     [not found]                                         ` <20080427193627.GA32654-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 19:49                                           ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-27 19:49                                             ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-27 23:26                                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-27 23:26                                         ` Arjan van de Ven
     [not found]                                         ` <20080427162606.3dd82c0c-NIQFrBLA1CpScpXdPBN83iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 23:36                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-27 23:36                                             ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]                                             ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0804271634490.3119-5CScLwifNT1QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 23:41                                               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-27 23:41                                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-27 18:31                                   ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-04-27 18:31                                     ` Sam Ravnborg
     [not found]                                     ` <20080427183131.GA26937-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 18:36                                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-27 18:36                                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-27 18:11                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-27 18:11                         ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]                         ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0804271053300.2896-5CScLwifNT1QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 18:25                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-27 18:25                             ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]                             ` <20080427182544.GA23828-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 18:30                               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-27 18:30                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-27 18:41                           ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-27 18:41                             ` Adrian Bunk
     [not found]                             ` <20080427184106.GD2252-Aar9JVdAhcRoA3hw4S0G5QR5/fbUUdgG@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 18:57                               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-27 18:57                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-27 20:51                       ` Mike Galbraith
2008-04-27 20:51                         ` Mike Galbraith
2008-04-27 17:57                   ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2008-04-27 17:57                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-27 17:40               ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-04-27 17:40                 ` Matthew Wilcox
     [not found]                 ` <20080427174055.GS14990-6jwH94ZQLHl74goWV3ctuw@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-27 17:59                   ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-27 17:59                     ` Adrian Bunk

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