On Tue 06-11-12 09:03:54, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Mon 05-11-12 16:28:37, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:07:35 +0400 > > Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > +static __always_inline struct kmem_cache * > > > +memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp) > > > > I still don't understand why this code uses __always_inline so much. > > AFAIU, __always_inline (resp. __attribute__((always_inline))) is the > same thing as inline if optimizations are enabled > (http://ohse.de/uwe/articles/gcc-attributes.html#func-always_inline). And this doesn't tell the whole story because there is -fearly-inlining which enabled by default and it makes a difference when optimizations are enabled so __always_inline really enforces inlining. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>