linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: enforce inlining for atomics

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Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2015 22:52:46 -0300
From:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: enforce inlining for atomics

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015, Hagen Paul Pfeifer wrote:
> On 22 April 2015 at 11:28, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> > So I think the original patch makes sense (and I already applied it),
> > we want known-simple and performance critical methods (such as atomic
> > ops) always inlined.
> 
> Right. As I wrote I will post a follow up patch for the remaining
> cases where inline is a must. To guarantee that performance critical
> functions are always inlined - no matter what configuration is used.

It would be nice to see those patches in -stable eventually, please...

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  Henrique Holschuh
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