linux-kernel - Re: [tip:core/locking] locking: Check spinlock_t/rwlock

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Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0908032005j5de90db6yf81cee2a28adfb1e@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 3 Aug 2009 23:05:34 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Dave <kilroyd@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:core/locking] locking: Check spinlock_t/rwlock_t argument 
	type on non-SMP builds too

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 15:52, Dave wrote:
> The statistics (2.6.31-rc4ish) show a strong preference for static inline:
>
> $ find include -name "*.h" | xargs grep "static inline" | wc -l
> 6461
>
> $ find include -name "*.h" | xargs grep "extern inline" | wc -l
> 2
>
> $ find arch -name "*.h" | xargs grep "extern inline" | wc -l
> 125
>
> $ find arch -name "*.h" | xargs grep "static inline" | wc -l
> 7058
>
> $ find arch -name "*.h" | xargs grep "extern inline" | sed
> "s?^\(.*\):.*\$?\1?" | sort | uniq
> arch/blackfin/include/asm/string.h

we do want 'extern inline' (i.e. gnu_inline) semantics with the
Blackfin string functions, but the current nest of defines (making all
forms of "inline" expand to "always_inline") makes it hard to do at
the moment.
-mike
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