linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip] v3 Renamings to increase RCU clarity.

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Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:36:58 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, dvhltc@...ibm.com, niv@...ibm.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] v3 Renamings to increase RCU clarity.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 03:17:57PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

[ . . . ]

> > +static inline void rcu_read_lock_sched_notrace(void)
> > +{
> > +	preempt_disable_notrace();
> > +}
> 
> It need be marked "notrace". Sometimes a function marked "inline"
> may not be inlined when it is compiled.
> 
> Lai.

Good eyes, and thank you -very- much!!!  I doubt that I would have ever
spotted this on my own, as I was just assuming that the compiler would
see the preempt_disable_notrace() directly in all cases...

							Thanx, Paul
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