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From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
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	"Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] Provide the always inline version of some functions
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:35:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a034a57e-d9f1-4c56-87f0-e9126246849d@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251109170402.145012-1-qq570070308@gmail.com>

On Sun, Nov 9, 2025, at 18:04, Xie Yuanbin wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 12:31:52 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Adding the always-inline version of these functions can provide better
> guidance for compiler optimization, but it does indeed lead to more
> complex code.
> The best solution may be to prompt the compiler to always inline at a
> specific calling point through some keyword.
> I noticed that there are also people discussing this issue on stackerflow
> , but it seems that the current compiler does not have such a feature.
> Link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14571593

You can mark the caller as __attribute__((flatten)) to force all
functions to be inlined into that one if possible. I don't know
if that would be helpful or desired here though.

     Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2025-11-09 17:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-08 17:23 [PATCH v2 0/4] Optimize code generation during context switching Xie Yuanbin
2025-11-08 17:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] Make enter_lazy_tlb inline on x86 Xie Yuanbin
2025-11-09 14:42   ` kernel test robot
2025-11-08 17:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] Make raw_spin_rq_unlock inline Xie Yuanbin
2025-11-08 17:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] Provide the always inline version of some functions Xie Yuanbin
2025-11-08 22:14   ` H. Peter Anvin
2025-11-09 11:51     ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-11-10 23:21       ` H. Peter Anvin
2025-11-09 11:31   ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-11-09 17:04     ` Xie Yuanbin
2025-11-09 17:35       ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2025-11-10 15:43         ` Xie Yuanbin
2025-11-08 17:23 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] Make finish_task_switch and its subfuncs inline in context switching Xie Yuanbin
2025-11-09 11:35   ` Peter Zijlstra

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