Re: [PATCH 3/4] nvmem: remove inline in drivers/nvmem/core.c

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:00:13AM +0200, srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> These two functions are defined in .c file, but called just once
> (at least for now).  So, the compiler will fold them into their
> callers even without the "inline" markers.
> 
> However, this kind of optimization should not be done by hand.
> It is compiler's judge after all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/nvmem/core.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

This isn't really a bugfix, so should wait for 4.15-rc1.

thanks,

greg k-h