[PATCH] Do not __always_inline bvec_kmap_irq() and bvec_kunmap_irq()

[Alberto Bertogli]

On Tue, Feb 03 2009, Andrew Morton wrote:
> The comment is wrong - this was a sparc requirement, long since removed.

So remove both the comment and the inline requirement, going back to the
inline hint.

Signed-off-by: Alberto Bertogli <albertito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

So I came up with this, but I'm not sure if it's better than just avoid the
inline and placing them somewhere else. If you want me to write a different
patch, let me know.

Thanks a lot,
		Alberto



 include/linux/bio.h |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 713ec6e..20bcc51 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -442,10 +442,8 @@ extern struct biovec_slab bvec_slabs[BIOVEC_NR_POOLS] __read_mostly;
 /*
  * remember never ever reenable interrupts between a bvec_kmap_irq and
  * bvec_kunmap_irq!
- *
- * This function MUST be inlined - it plays with the CPU interrupt flags.
  */
-static __always_inline char *bvec_kmap_irq(struct bio_vec *bvec,
+static inline char *bvec_kmap_irq(struct bio_vec *bvec,
 		unsigned long *flags)
 {
 	unsigned long addr;
@@ -462,7 +460,7 @@ static __always_inline char *bvec_kmap_irq(struct bio_vec *bvec,
 	return (char *) addr + bvec->bv_offset;
 }
 
-static __always_inline void bvec_kunmap_irq(char *buffer,
+static inline void bvec_kunmap_irq(char *buffer,
 		unsigned long *flags)
 {
 	unsigned long ptr = (unsigned long) buffer & PAGE_MASK;
-- 
1.6.1.1.363.g2a3bd

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