Re: Status of CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING?

From: Roland Dreier
Date: Wed May 23 2007 - 17:29:20 EST


> - 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.

- R.
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