linux-kernel - Re: Status of CONFIG_FORCED

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Date:	Thu, 24 May 2007 10:14:41 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Status of CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING?

 > A function only belongs into a header file if we always want it inlined, 
 > otherwise it belongs into a C file.

Again, why?  Why don't we trust the compiler to decide if a function
should be inlined or not, even if the definition happens to be in a .h
file?

It seems like a perfectly valid optimization for the compiler to only
emit code once for a function and then call it where it is used, even
if that function happens to be defined in a .h file.

 - R.
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