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Date:	Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:17:15 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@...source.com>,
	Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@...cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/33] Add apply_to_page_range() function

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 12:29:25PM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Adrian Bunk (bunk@...sta.de) wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 12:00:01AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > >...
> > > --- a/mm/memory.c	Fri Mar 24 04:29:46 2006 +0000
> > > +++ b/mm/memory.c	Fri Mar 24 04:30:48 2006 +0000
> > > @@ -1358,6 +1358,100 @@ int remap_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struc
> > >  }
> > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(remap_pfn_range);
> > >  
> > > +static inline int apply_to_pte_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
> > > +				     unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> > > +				     pte_fn_t fn, void *data)
> > >...
> > > +static inline int apply_to_pmd_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud,
> > > +				     unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> > > +				     pte_fn_t fn, void *data)
> > >...
> > > +static inline int apply_to_pud_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
> > > +				     unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> > > +				     pte_fn_t fn, void *data)
> > >...
> > 
> > Please avoid "inline" in C files.
> > 
> > (gcc already automatically inlines static functions with only one caller.)
> 
> Sure, that's fair.  The surrounding similar code follows the same format 
> as above, perhaps you plan to patch?

Already part of a bigger item on my TODO list for some months.

Priority: low...

cu
Adrian

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