linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: Deinline iwl

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Message-ID: <55C7AC1D.7050602@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:38:05 +0200
From:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
To:	Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@...il.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
CC:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Intel Linux Wireless <ilw@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: Deinline iwl_{read,write}{8,32}

On 07/15/2015 07:49 PM, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Denys Vlasenko
> <vda.linux@...glemail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Sergei Shtylyov
>> <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com> wrote:
>>>> +#define IWL_READ_WRITE(static_inline) \
>>>> +static_inline void iwl_write8(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 ofs, u8 val) \
>>>> +{ \
>>>> +       trace_iwlwifi_dev_iowrite8(trans->dev, ofs, val); \
>>>> +       iwl_trans_write8(trans, ofs, val); \
>>>> +} \
>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> +#if !defined(CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING)
>>>> +IWL_READ_WRITE(static inline)
>>>
>>>    Not static_inline?
>>
>> Yes. Here we are putting two words, "static inline", in front of every
>> function definition.
>> --
> 
> I'll try to come up with a patch that is easier for me to read, but I
> am really busy right now. Ping me in a week if you have heard from me
> earlier.

So how it is going with this patch?

In hindsight, I would use a different name for the macro parameter here:

#define IWL_READ_WRITE(static_inline) \
+static_inline void iwl_write8(...)

"static_inline" proved to be confusing.
Maybe perform s/static_inline/func_qualifier/ on the patch...

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