linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/2] lib/uuid.c: Silence an unchecked return value warning

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Date:	5 Jun 2016 15:25:27 -0400
From:	"George Spelvin" <linux@...encehorizons.net>
To:	andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, linux@...encehorizons.net
Cc:	bjorn@...k.no, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	matt@...eblueprint.co.uk, rv@...musvillemoes.dk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/2] lib/uuid.c: Silence an unchecked return value warning

>From andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com Sun Jun 05 14:19:48 2016
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/2] lib/uuid.c: Silence an unchecked return value
 warning
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: George Spelvin <linux@...encehorizons.net>
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	rv@...musvillemoes.dk
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2016 17:21:04 +0300
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Andy Shevchenko worte:
> On Sat, 2016-06-04 at 09:16 -0400, George Spelvin wrote:
> Which I against of. Please, use normal hex_to_bin() calls here.
> 
> Compiler will inline it anyway, but at least will not do second check
> for nothing.

Um... huh?  Neither hex_to_bin() nor hex2bin() are inline functions.
They're declared as extern in <linux/kernel.h> and defined in
lib/hexdump.c.

One call is smaller than two calls, which is why I did that.

It's also faster, as hex_to_bin() *is* inlined within hex2bin()
(if you compile with -O).

Is your request based on a false premise?