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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Denis Efremov <yefremov.denis@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, trivial@kernel.org,
	ldv-project@linuxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/21] x86: remove inline marking of EXPORT_SYMBOL functions
Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 06:50:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <518BA997.20401@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1368086323-9412-3-git-send-email-yefremov.denis@gmail.com>

On 05/09/2013 12:58 AM, Denis Efremov wrote:
> EXPORT_SYMBOL and inline directives are contradictory to each other.
> The patch fixes this inconsistency.
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Nice, but wrong.

They aren't contradictory; in gnu89 syntax this means "this can be
inline, but also create an out-of-line copy that others can call."

That being said, I haven't looked at the code to see if that makes
sense, but the statement isn't correct.

	-hpa


  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-09 13:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-09  7:57 [PATCH 00/21] Exported funtions that are marked inline Denis Efremov
2013-05-09  7:58 ` [PATCH 01/21] [SCSI] libiscsi: remove inline marking of EXPORT_SYMBOL functions Denis Efremov
2013-05-09  7:58 ` [PATCH 02/21] fs: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09  8:07   ` Al Viro
2013-05-09  8:42     ` Denis
2013-05-09  7:58 ` [PATCH 03/21] x86: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09 13:50   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-05-09  7:58 ` [PATCH 04/21] NFC: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09  7:58 ` [PATCH 05/21] 9p: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09  9:19 ` [PATCH 06/21] staging: nvec: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09  9:19 ` [PATCH 07/21] netfilter: nf_nat: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09  9:47   ` David Laight
2013-05-09  9:19 ` [PATCH 08/21] iwlegacy: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09  9:19 ` [PATCH 09/21] dw_dmac: " Denis Efremov
     [not found]   ` <CAHp75VfWzzevr6AQzE25P8FUXd=amzL5-XgkJXvbRDESF=M76A@mail.gmail.com>
2013-05-12 15:13     ` Viresh Kumar
2013-05-30 18:01   ` Vinod Koul
2013-05-09  9:19 ` [PATCH 10/21] mm: filemap: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09  9:19 ` [PATCH 11/21] ipv4: ip_output: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-11 23:13   ` David Miller
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 12/21] metag: delay: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09 11:03   ` James Hogan
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 13/21] openrisc: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09 10:45   ` Will Deacon
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 14/21] arm64: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09 10:39   ` Catalin Marinas
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 15/21] arch/tile: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09 18:02   ` Chris Metcalf
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 16/21] sparc: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 17/21] CRISv32: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-14 16:35   ` Jesper Nilsson
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 18/21] m68k/sun3/: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09 11:09   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 19/21] MIPS: MSP71xx: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 20/21] powerpc/ps3: " Denis Efremov
2013-05-09 11:35   ` Geoff Levand
2013-05-17 16:05   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-05-28 23:14     ` Geoff Levand
2013-05-09 10:36 ` [PATCH 21/21] ARM: " Denis Efremov

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