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

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Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:53:00 +0300
From:	Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@...il.com>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	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}

> >
> > 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...
>

In the end, I un-inlined these functions unconditionally.
It won't make it for 4.3 though.
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