netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/4] net-sysfs: remove rtnl

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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:13:43 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 edumazet@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
 mhocko@...e.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/4] net-sysfs: remove rtnl_trylock from
 device attributes

On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:47:43 +0200
Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org> wrote:

> +static inline struct kernfs_node *sysfs_rtnl_lock(struct kobject *kobj,
> +						  struct attribute *attr,
> +						  struct net_device *ndev)
Still reviewing the details here.
But inline on static functions is not the code policy in networking related code.
The argument is compiler will inline anyway if useful.