linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CRISv10 fasttimer: Scrap INLINE and name timeval

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Message-ID: <20071115081017.GS6347@axis.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:10:18 +0100
From:	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mikael Starvik <mikael.starvik@...s.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CRISv10 fasttimer: Scrap INLINE and name timeval_cmp better

On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 06:29:17PM -0800, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 November 2007 09:08, Jesper Nilsson wrote:
> >  /* Not true gettimeofday, only checks the jiffies (uptime) + useconds */
> > -void __INLINE__ do_gettimeofday_fast(struct fasttime_t *tv)
> > +inline void do_gettimeofday_fast(struct fasttime_t *tv)
> 
> Why these functions are not "static inline"?
> Wthout "static", gcc will actually create non-inlined version of them!
> 
> $ cat t.c
> inline int f() { return 1; }
> int g() { return f(); }
> $ gcc -O2 -c t.c
> $ nm --size-sort t.o
> 0000000a T f   <=================== !!!
> 0000000a T g

Quite true, I'll put that on the "to check" pile.

> P.S. whitespace style in fasttimer.c doesn't match rest of the kernel
> (kernel uses tab, not 2-spaces indentation). Curly braces don't match too:
>   if (t0->tv_sec < t1->tv_sec)
>   {
>     return -1;
>   }
> should be
>       if (t0->tv_sec < t1->tv_sec) {
>               return -1;
>       }

Yup, that item is already on my "to fix" list.

> --
> vda

Thanks for your comments!

/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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               Jesper Nilsson -- jesper.nilsson@...s.com
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