linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm/filemap.c: ra

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Message-Id: <20140321172039.1dee73effddbce3473aa152b@skynet.be>
Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:20:39 +0100
From:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm/filemap.c: ra_submit inline

On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:58:29 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:53:25 +0100 Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be> wrote:
> 
> > f9acc8c7b35a10 ("readahead: sanify file_ra_state names")
> > left ra_submit with a single function call.
> > 
> > Add 'inline' to save some stack (suggested by Andrew Morton).
> > 
> > --- a/mm/readahead.c
> > +++ b/mm/readahead.c
> > @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
> >  /*
> >   * Submit IO for the read-ahead request in file_ra_state.
> >   */
> > -unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
> > +inline unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
> >  		       struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp)
> >  {
> >  	int actual;
> 
> The ra_submit() callsite in filemap.c will not be able to inline this
> function because its definition is unavailable at compilation time.
> 
> ra_submit() should be made static inline and moved into a header file
> which all callers include.  Probably in mm.h's /* readahead */ section.

Unfortunately, this means __do_page_cache_readahead needs being referenced there which gives the same conclusion : remove its static prefix or I am missing something ?
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