netdev - Re: [PATCH net] docs: netdev: Document guidance on inline functions

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Message-ID: <20250204200742.GO234677@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 20:07:42 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Alexandre Ferrieux <alexandre.ferrieux@...il.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] docs: netdev: Document guidance on inline functions

On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 02:25:07PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Thanks, perhaps something like this would help:
> > 
> >   Using inline in .h files is fine and is encouraged in place of macros
> >   [reference section 12].
> 
> The other major use of them in headers is for stub functions when an
> API implementation has a Kconfig option. The question is, do we really
> want to start creating such a list, and have people wanting to add to
> it?

Good point. Maybe it is sufficient to just make the distinction
between .c and .h files.