linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] kernel/sched*: optimize inlining

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Message-ID: <20080511125221.GF1645@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Sun, 11 May 2008 15:52:21 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] kernel/sched*: optimize inlining

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 01:18:20PM +0200, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> 
> [manual reply, no access to original content]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> rather NACKish here (from my minor side, that is, since there are no
> useful explanations, and in the case of a lack of explanations no
> backing numbers either which would have been helpful to resolve this ;).
> 
> "x86: add optimized inlining"
> (http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git-commits-head/2008/4/26/1612644)
> does not really say anything relevant to your patch, AFAICS.
> 
> That one simply says that previously every inline was force-inlined (ugh),
> which now gcc is allowed to properly decide by itself now. This, however,
> does _NOT_ imply that it's now somehow fully sufficient for a perfect outcome
> to simply remove all open-coded "inline"s.

They both do the same - gcc is no longer forced to inline these 
functions.

With either my patch or the "optimized inlining" it's 100% gcc's 
choice whether or not to inline functions marked as "inline" in 
kernel/sched* .

If you didn't complain when "x86: add optimized inlining" got into 
Linus' tree you can't validly complain about my patch.

> Just my thoughts (keep it or burn it),
> 
> Andreas Mohr

cu
Adrian

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