linux-kernel - Re: Alpha: replacing "extern inline"

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Message-ID: <20060821215526.GA22930@twiddle.net>
Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:55:26 -0700
From:	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Alpha: replacing "extern inline"

On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 01:54:38AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Why?

Because it inlines when it needs to, and does not generate
out of line code when its address is taken.

> Can someone tell me which of the Alpha "static inline"'s need for some 
> reason an __always_inline?

There shouldn't be any.

> Does the never defined __IO_EXTERN_INLINE still have any purpose?

It is defined.

$ grep 'define __IO_EXTERN_INLINE' * | wc -l
12


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