Re: [PATCH 1/3] mtd: nand: raw: brcmnand: Refactored code and introduced inline functions

[Kamal Dasu]

On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 10:18 AM Boris Brezillon
<boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 10:11:20 -0400
> Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Boris,
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 3:57 AM Boris Brezillon
> > <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, 30 May 2019 17:20:35 -0400
> > > Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Refactored NAND ECC and CMD address configuration code to use inline
> > > > functions.
> > >
> > > I'd expect the compiler to be smart enough to decide when inlining is
> > > appropriate. Did you check that adding the inline specifier actually
> > > makes a difference?
> >
> > This was done to make the code more readable. It does not make any
> > difference to performance.
>
> I meant dropping the inline specifier, not going back to manual
> inlining. As a general rule, you don't need to add the 'inline'
> specifier unless your function is defined in a header. In all other
> cases the compiler is able to inline things on its own when it sees the
> number of instructions is small enough or when the function is only
> called once.

Oh ok got it, will get rid if the inline specifier  and send a v2
version of the change.

Thanks
Kamal