netdev - Re: [PATCH] codel: add forgotten inline to functions in header file

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Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:05:44 +0000
From:	"Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] codel: add forgotten inline to functions in header file

fixing linux-wireless address ...

On 02/11/2016 04:30 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-02-11 at 16:08 +0200, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
>> ---
>> -static bool codel_should_drop(const struct sk_buff *skb,
>> -			      struct Qdisc *sch,
>> -			      struct codel_vars *vars,
>> -			      struct codel_params *params,
>> -			      struct codel_stats *stats,
>> -			      codel_time_t now)
>> +static inline bool codel_should_drop(const struct sk_buff *skb,
>> +				     struct Qdisc *sch,
>> +				     struct codel_vars *vars,
>> +				     struct codel_params *params,
>> +				     struct codel_stats *stats,
>> +				     codel_time_t now)
>
> The lack of inline was done on purpose.
>
> This include file is kind of special, being included by codel and
> fq_codel.
>
> Hint : we do not want to force the compiler to inline
> codel_should_drop() (or any other function).
>
>
> See this file as if it was a .c really.
>
>

Yeah :) codel_should_drop seemed very long indeed... I wanted to use the
codel_get_time and associated utils (_before, _after) in iwlwifi.
They're better than jiffies... So maybe I can just copy that code to
iwlwifi.