Re: [PATCH -v7][RFC]: mutex: implement adaptive spinning

[Harvey Harrison]

On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 02:01 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  - Headers could probably go back to 'extern inline' again. At not small 
>    expense - we just finished moving to 'static inline'. We'd need to 
>    guarantee a library instantiation for every header include file - this 
>    is an additional mechanism with additional introduction complexities 
>    and an ongoing maintenance cost.

Puzzled?  What benefit is there to going back to extern inline in headers?

Harvey

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