Re: [PATCH v4 12/24] PM / devfreq: tegra30: Inline all one-line functions

[Chanwoo Choi]

On 19. 7. 16. ìí 10:35, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> 16.07.2019 15:26, Chanwoo Choi ÐÐÑÐÑ:
>> Hi Dmitry,
>>
>> I'm not sure that it is necessary.
>> As I knew, usally, the 'inline' is used on header file
>> to define the empty functions.
>>
>> Do we have to change it with 'inline' keyword?
> 
> The 'inline' attribute tells compiler that instead of jumping into the
> function, it should take the function's code and replace the function's
> invocation with that code. This is done in order to help compiler
> optimize code properly, please see [1]. There is absolutely no need to
> create a function call into a function that consists of a single
> instruction.
> 
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-9.1.0/gcc/Inline.html
> 

If you want to add 'inline' keyword, I recommend that 
you better to remove the modified function in this patch
and then just call the 'write_relaxed or read_relaxed' function
directly. It is same result when using inline keyword.


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Best Regards,
Chanwoo Choi
Samsung Electronics