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On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 07:03:42PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > And why not mark gen8_canonical_addr() __always_inline?
> 
> Right, marking those two functions as __always_inline is the other
> option.  The problem is, if you keep doing it, eventually you end up
> with __always_inline-itis spreading all over the place.  And it affects
> all the other callers, at least in the CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE case.
> At least this fix is localized.

I'm all for __always_inline in this case, the compiler not inlining sign
extention is just retarded,