linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] compiler: allow all arches to enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE

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Date:   Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:25:33 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compiler: allow all arches to enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 8:55 AM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 4:33 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 7:11 AM Masahiro Yamada
> > <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
> > > I do not know why to reproduce it,
> > > but is "__init __noreturn" more sensible than
> > > "__always_inline" here?
> >
> > It's in a header file, so it has to be 'inline'. We could make it
> > static inline __init __noreturn,
>
> Yes, I like 'static inline __init __noreturn'
>
> > but I don't see an advantage over
> > __always_inline there.
>
> __always_inline takes away the compiler's freedom.
>
> I'd like to leave it up to the compiler where possible.

Ok, fair enough.

      Arnd