[Devel] Re: [PATCH 1/3] nitpick: make simple functions inline

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 09:44:54PM +0100, Glauber Costa wrote:
> On 12/11/2011 07:55 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > Can you please tell us which compiler failed automatic inlining?
> > I suspect gcc is enough sane and we don't need this patch.
> 
> Of course we don't need, that's the very definition of a "nitpick".
> This patch is directed towards the reader, not the compiler. Maintainers
> are free to take it or not, although I believe being explicit is better.

These days, I don't think adding inline buys us much (other than
explicit cases where always_inline or noinline is necessary).  gcc
already does good enough job for inlining and 'inline' hint seems more
to hinder rather than help and I don't really see what it buys for
code readers either, so I won't be taking this one.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun