On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:16:06AM +0000, Li.Xiubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCHv8 RFC] pwm: Add Freescale FTM PWM driver support
> >
> > Hi Xiubo,
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 01:24:21PM +0800, Xiubo Li wrote:
> > > +
> > > +static inline int fsl_pwm_calculate_default_ps(struct fsl_pwm_chip *fpc,
> > > + enum fsl_pwm_clk index)
> > > +{
> >
> > Why do you declare this (and other module-local) function as inline?
> > It is usually better let compiler decide if given function should be
> > inlined or not.
> >
>
> Could the compiler know when the given function should be inlined by
> not declare it?
Yes.
> And when will be inlined ?
When it makes sense to do so from compiler's point of view: i.e. it is
smallish or with single call site and there are enough registers, etc,
etc.
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
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