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From: akpm@linux-foundation.org (Andrew Morton)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 14:45:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] lib: Make _find_next_bit helper function inline
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On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:23:18 +0300 Yury <yury.norov@gmail.com> wrote:

> But I think, before/after for x86 is needed as well.

That would be nice.

> And why don't you consider '__always_inline__'? Simple inline is only a 
> hint and
> guarantees nothing.

Yup.  My x86_64 compiler just ignores the "inline".  When I use
__always_inline, find_bit.o's text goes from 776 bytes to 863. 
Hopefully we get something in return for that bloat!


Also, if _find_next_bit() benefits from this then _find_next_bit_le()
will presumably also benefit.