Re: [PATCH -v7][RFC]: mutex: implement adaptive spinning

Harvey Harrison
2009-01-10T01:08:17Z

On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 02:01 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> - Headers could probably go back to 'extern inline' again. At not small
> expense - we just finished moving to 'static inline'. We'd need to
> guarantee a library instantiation for every header include file - this
> is an additional mechanism with additional introduction complexities
> and an ongoing maintenance cost.

Puzzled? What benefit is there to going back to extern inline in headers?

Harvey