linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] kmemtrace: SLOB hooks.

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:07:52 +0300
From:	Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@...ux360.ro>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc:	penberg@...helsinki.fi, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rdunlap@...otime.net
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] kmemtrace: SLOB hooks.

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 03:53:55PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 21:36 +0300, Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu wrote:
> > -static inline void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
> > +static __always_inline void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
> > +					      gfp_t flags)
> >  {
> >  	return kmem_cache_alloc_node(cachep, flags, -1);
> >  }
> 
> Why is this needed? builtin_return?

If we don't use __always_inline, we can't be sure whether it's inlined
or not. And we don't know if we need _THIS_IP_ or _RET_IP_ (equivalent
to __builtin_return_address(0)). Simple, plain 'inline' does not
guarantee GCC will inline that function, nor does it warn us if it is
not inlined.

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