Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:53:42 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -v7][RFC]: mutex: implement adaptive spinning |
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Harvey Harrison wrote: > Oh yeah, and figure out what actually breaks on alpha such that they added > the following (arch/alpha/include/asm/compiler.h) > > #ifdef __KERNEL__ > /* Some idiots over in <linux/compiler.h> thought inline should imply > always_inline. This breaks stuff. We'll include this file whenever > we run into such problems. */
Does "always_inline" complain if the function isn't inlinable, while "inline" allows it? That would explain the alpha comment.
-- Jamie
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