Re: commit 7e92b4fc34 - x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports toplatform devices - broke my serial console

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>> buffered_rmqueue() and prep_new_page() are static functions with only 
>> one caller each, and for the normal non-debug case it's a really nice 
>> optimization to have them inlined automatically.
> 
> I'm not at all sure I agree.
> 
> Inlining big functions doesn't actually tend to generally generate any 
> better code, so if gcc's logic is "single callsite - always inline", then 
> that logic is likely not right.
> 

Only up to a threshold, as far as I know.

	-hpa
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