linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [3/5] Mark complex bitops.h inlines as __always

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Message-ID: <87aba2xu6f.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:07:04 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [3/5] Mark complex bitops.h inlines as __always_inline

Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com> writes:
>
> I think these numbers show that that even gcc 4.4 is not yet ready
> for CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING=y, but that Andi's patch helps in one
> important area.  grep for something else and maybe a different story.

Thanks Hugh for the excellent numbers. So it looks like the patch is a good
idea even on newer gccs.
 
Should probably file test cases into the gcc bugzilla if 4.4 still
doesn't get it right.  I'll put that on my todo list if noone beats
me.

-Andi

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