From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] ata: Add support for the Tegra124 SATA controller Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:14:47 -0400 Message-ID: <20140617161447.GH31819@htj.dyndns.org> References: <1401881559-18469-1-git-send-email-mperttunen@nvidia.com> <1401881559-18469-9-git-send-email-mperttunen@nvidia.com> <1470404.13mIFv0Hnj@amdc1032> <53A0686F.4000303@wwwdotorg.org> <20140617161320.GG31819@htj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140617161320.GG31819-Gd/HAXX7CRxy/B6EtB590w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-tegra-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Stephen Warren Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Mikko Perttunen , thierry.reding-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, pdeschrijver-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-tegra-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-ide-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:13:20PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:10:23AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote: > > > sata_writel() and sata_read() static inlines don't seem to add any value. > > > > > > Can they be removed? > > > > Such functions are quite idiomatic in drivers, and serve to simplify all > > the call-sites by removing the need to write out the addition of the > > base address everywhere. > > I think it obfuscates more than helps. If you absoluately have to > keep it, please at least name it so that it's clear that it's > something specific to this driver. Please also drop inline. It isn't a difficult optimization to perform for the compiler. -- tejun