linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] nitpick: make simple functions inline

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Message-ID: <4EE51646.3030900@parallels.com>
Date:	Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:44:54 +0100
From:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <jbottomley@...allels.com>,
	<cgroups@...r.kernel.org>, <bsingharora@...il.com>,
	<devel@...nvz.org>, <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	<tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] nitpick: make simple functions inline

On 12/11/2011 07:55 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>> -static int notify_on_release(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
>> +static inline int notify_on_release(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
>>    {
>>    	return test_bit(CGRP_NOTIFY_ON_RELEASE,&cgrp->flags);
>>    }
>>
>> -static int clone_children(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
>> +static inline int clone_children(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
>>    {
>>    	return test_bit(CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN,&cgrp->flags);
>>    }
> 
> Can you please tell us which compiler failed automatic inlining?
> I suspect gcc is enough sane and we don't need this patch.

Of course we don't need, that's the very definition of a "nitpick".
This patch is directed towards the reader, not the compiler. Maintainers
are free to take it or not, although I believe being explicit is better.

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