On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:13:20PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:10:23AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote: > > > sata_writel() and sata_read() static inlines don't seem to add any value. > > > > > > Can they be removed? > > > > Such functions are quite idiomatic in drivers, and serve to simplify all > > the call-sites by removing the need to write out the addition of the > > base address everywhere. > > I think it obfuscates more than helps. If you absoluately have to > keep it, please at least name it so that it's clear that it's > something specific to this driver. Please also drop inline. It isn't a difficult optimization to perform for the compiler. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
