Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] lib/zstd/mem.h: replace __inline by inline

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Wed Sep 04 2019 - 20:00:07 EST


On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 4:15 PM Rasmus Villemoes
<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Currently, compiler_types.h #defines __inline as inline (and further
> #defines inline to automatically attach some attributes), so this does
> not change functionality. It serves as preparation for removing the
> #define of __inline.
>
> (Note that if ZSTD_STATIC is expanded somewhere where compiler_types.h
> has not yet been processed, both __inline and inline both refer to the
> compiler keyword, so again this does not change anything.)
>
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> lib/zstd/mem.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/zstd/mem.h b/lib/zstd/mem.h
> index 3a0f34c8706c..739837a59ad6 100644
> --- a/lib/zstd/mem.h
> +++ b/lib/zstd/mem.h
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
> /*-****************************************
> * Compiler specifics
> ******************************************/
> -#define ZSTD_STATIC static __inline __attribute__((unused))
> +#define ZSTD_STATIC static inline __attribute__((unused))

While you're here, would you mind replacing `__attribute__((unused))`
with `__unused`? I would consider "naked attributes" (haven't been
feature tested in include/linux/compiler_attributes.h and are verbose)
to be an antipattern.

>
> /*-**************************************************************
> * Basic Types
> --
> 2.20.1
>


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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers