linux-kernel - Re: [tip:core/rcu] rcu: Remove inline from forward-referenced functions

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Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:06:20 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:core/rcu] rcu: Remove inline from forward-referenced
 functions

On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 14:59 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > non-inline functions in .h files probably aren't a good idea.
> ;-)
> Here are my options:
[]
> Please note that kernel/rcutree_plugin.h is internal to RCU -- only
> kernel/rcutree.c includes it, so there is no possibility of conflicting
> definitions.
> 
> Any options that I am missing?

Maybe something like:

#ifdef whatever
#define RCU_ANNOUNCE "Hierarchical RCU implementation.\n"
...
#else
#define RCU_ANNOUNCE "Experimental preemptable hierarchical RCU implementation.\n"
...
#endif

Use pr_info(RCU_ANNOUNCE) instead of rcu_bootup_announce();

?

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