linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 03/13] rust: lock: introduce `Mutex`

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Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2023 08:38:24 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Peter Zijlstra' <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>
CC:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org" <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        "Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 03/13] rust: lock: introduce `Mutex`

From: Peter Zijlstra
> Sent: 05 April 2023 21:50
> 
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 05:40:39PM -0300, Wedson Almeida Filho wrote:
...
> > So the situation is improved in that we don't need to manually write (and
> > commit) the helpers. It may improve further in the future if we get better
> > integration of the languages.
> 
> But yeah, feel free to convert macros to inline functions where the
> difference is moot. There is indeed no real reason for mutex_lock() to
> not be an inline function in that case.

mutex_lock() is probably ok.
But there are cases where gcc generates much better code
for #defines than for inline functions.
Almost certainly because the front end gets to optimise
#defines, but inlines are done much later on.

	David

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