Re: [PATCH] fix inlining with gcc3

From: Kurt Wall (kwall@kurtwerks.com)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 18:36:21 EST


[CCs slightly trimmed]

Quoth J.A. Magallon:

[snippety]
 
> This fixes inlining (really, not-inlining) with gcc3. How about next -pre ?
>
> --- 25/include/linux/compiler.h~gcc3-inline-fix 2003-03-06 03:02:43.000000000 -0800
> +++ 25-akpm/include/linux/compiler.h 2003-03-06 03:11:42.000000000 -0800
> @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
> #ifndef __LINUX_COMPILER_H
> #define __LINUX_COMPILER_H
>
> +#if __GNUC__ >= 3
> +#define inline __inline__ __attribute__((always_inline))
> +#define inline__ __inline__ __attribute__((always_inline))
> +#define __inline __inline__ __attribute__((always_inline))
> +#define __inline__ __inline__ __attribute__((always_inline))
> +#endif
> +
> /* Somewhere in the middle of the GCC 2.96 development cycle, we implemented
> a mechanism by which the user can annotate likely branch directions and
> expect the blocks to be reordered appropriately. Define __builtin_expect

I'm willing to give this a shot. Where, or perhaps what, should I test
to evaluate best the effects, if any, of this patch?

Kurt

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