Re: [PATCH] [3/5] Mark complex bitops.h inlines as __always_inline

Ingo Molnar
2009-01-06T10:17:33Z

* Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:

> Hugh Dickins noticed that older gcc versions when the kernel is built
> for code size didn't inline some of the bitops.

Older GCCs have a whole lot more problems than suboptimal inlining
decisions.

Your patch is wrong because it prevents a good compiler from doing the
right inlining decisions.

So why should i apply this?

Ingo