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From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Oct 2019 11:10:11 +0900
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] compiler: enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING forcibly
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 5:46 AM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 5:56 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Then use the C preprocessor to force the inlining.  I'm sorry it's not
> > > as pretty as static inline functions.
> >
> > Which makes us lose the baby^H^H^H^Htype checking performed
> > on function parameters, requiring to add more ugly checks.
>
> I'm 100% agreed on this.
>
> If the inline change is being pushed by people who say "you should
> have used macros instead if you wanted inlining", then I will just
> revert that stupid commit that is causing problems.
>
> No, the preprocessor is not the answer.
>
> That said, code that relies on inlining for _correctness_ should use
> "__always_inline" and possibly even have a comment about why.
>
> But I am considering just undoing commit 9012d011660e ("compiler:
> allow all arches to enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING") entirely.

No, please do not.

Macrofying the 'inline' is a horrid mistake that makes incorrect code work.
It would eternally prevent people from writing portable, correct code.
Please do not encourage to hide problems.


> The
> advantages are questionable, and when the advantages are balanced
> against actual regressions and the arguments are "use macros", that
> just shows how badly thought out this was.
>
>                 Linus


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada