Re: [-mm patch] init/main.c: dummy mark_rodata_ro() should be static

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 11:21:50PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 11:54:40PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>  > On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 02:46:51PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>  > > On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > > Every inline dummy function should be static.
>  > > 
>  > > Please explain why it matters in this case.
>  > 
>  > We don't need an additional global copy of the function.
> 
> it's an empty body, surely the compiler will compile it away ?

For the one call in init/main.c the function is always inlined and 
optimized away.

But if it isn't static, gcc must additionally emit a global function.

> 		Dave

cu
Adrian

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