linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v3] net: Force inlining of checksum functions in net/checksum.h

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Message-ID: <20220217180735.GM614@gate.crashing.org>
Date:   Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:07:35 -0600
From:   Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] net: Force inlining of checksum functions in net/checksum.h

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 02:27:16AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 1:49 AM David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com> wrote:
> > That description is largely fine.
> >
> > Inappropriate 'inline' ought to be removed.
> > Then 'inline' means - 'really do inline this'.
> 
> You cannot change "static inline" to "static"
> in header files.

Why not?  Those two have identical semantics!


Segher