linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] md/raid5: Factor out ahead_of

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Message-ID: <fe7f6d8a-8c66-3e90-1c52-140fe9d4cf1a@deltatee.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:07:48 -0600
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@...ux.dev>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>,
        Martin Oliveira <Martin.Oliveira@...eticom.com>,
        David Sloan <David.Sloan@...eticom.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] md/raid5: Factor out ahead_of_reshape() function



On 2022-04-26 19:28, Guoqing Jiang wrote:
>>   +static bool ahead_of_reshape(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector,
>> +                 sector_t reshape_sector)
>> +{
>> +    if (mddev->reshape_backwards)
>> +        return sector < reshape_sector;
>> +    else
>> +        return sector >= reshape_sector;
>> +}
> 
> I think it can be an inline function.

Marking static functions in C files as inline is not recommended. GCC
will inline it, if it is appropriate.

https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/inline.html
https://www.kernel.org/doc/local/inline.html

Logan