Re: Problem: __inline__ functions in the kernel & cli()/sti() latency measurement
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 9 Jun 1996 18:00:03 +0100 (BST)
> what is the point of using __inline__ functions ...
>
> __inline__ void foo( arg ) {
Arg is evaluated once. You don't get burned by nasty macro expansion
side effects (especially since we nest inlines 3 deep in places).
Alan