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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Status of CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING?
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:10:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070524171019.GA4470@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ada7iqz9qlj.fsf@cisco.com>

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 02:28:56PM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
>  > - every static function in a header file must be __always_inline
> 
> Why?  Why does it matter whether a function is defined in a .h file or
> a .c file?  Can't the compiler decide better than we can whether
> something should be inlined or not?
> 
> Your argument seems to imply that we should never use the inline
> keyword at all.

A function only belongs into a header file if we always want it inlined, 
otherwise it belongs into a C file.

>  - R.

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed


  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-24 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-23 19:10 Status of CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING? Rob Landley
2007-05-23 19:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-05-23 21:22   ` Adrian Bunk
2007-05-23 21:28     ` Roland Dreier
2007-05-24 12:38       ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-24 16:55         ` Rob Landley
2007-05-24 17:10       ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-05-24 17:14         ` Roland Dreier
2007-05-24 17:47           ` Rob Landley
2007-05-24 17:47             ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-05-24 18:14               ` Rob Landley
2007-05-24 17:55             ` Roland Dreier
2007-05-24 18:07               ` Adrian Bunk
2007-05-24 18:32                 ` Roland Dreier
2007-05-24 22:41                   ` Adrian Bunk
2007-05-24 17:57           ` Adrian Bunk
2007-05-23 21:31     ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-05-24 17:12       ` Adrian Bunk
2007-05-24 16:29     ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-24 17:14       ` Adrian Bunk
2007-05-24 17:17         ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-05-24 17:40       ` Rob Landley

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