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On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 05:58:02AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> Nice, that shows that it is the same both ways as the compiler version
> you are using is smart enough
> 
> Which compiler and version is this?  Does it work the same for all of
> the supported versions we have to support (i.e. really old gcc?)
> 
> For the most part, sysfs files are not on any sort of "fast path" so a

Hello,
Is there a guideline/documentation on how to identify if a code is part of
fast/slow path?

> function call is fine, but as I mentioned before, sometimes we are
> forced to move calls to container_of() to container_of_const() and that
> can not be an inline function, but must remain a macro :(
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
>