linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/21] x86: remove inline marking of EXPORT

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Date:	Thu, 09 May 2013 06:50:15 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Denis Efremov <yefremov.denis@...il.com>
CC:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, trivial@...nel.org, ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/21] x86: remove inline marking of EXPORT_SYMBOL functions

On 05/09/2013 12:58 AM, Denis Efremov wrote:
> EXPORT_SYMBOL and inline directives are contradictory to each other.
> The patch fixes this inconsistency.
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Nice, but wrong.

They aren't contradictory; in gnu89 syntax this means "this can be
inline, but also create an out-of-line copy that others can call."

That being said, I haven't looked at the code to see if that makes
sense, but the statement isn't correct.

	-hpa

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