On 19. 7. 19. 오전 10:24, Chanwoo Choi wrote: > On 19. 7. 19. 오전 10:22, Dmitry Osipenko wrote: >> В Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:09:05 +0900 >> Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx> пишет: >> >>> On 19. 7. 16. 오후 10:35, Dmitry Osipenko wrote: >>>> 16.07.2019 15:26, Chanwoo Choi пишет: >>>>> Hi Dmitry, >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure that it is necessary. >>>>> As I knew, usally, the 'inline' is used on header file >>>>> to define the empty functions. >>>>> >>>>> Do we have to change it with 'inline' keyword? >>>> >>>> The 'inline' attribute tells compiler that instead of jumping into >>>> the function, it should take the function's code and replace the >>>> function's invocation with that code. This is done in order to help >>>> compiler optimize code properly, please see [1]. There is >>>> absolutely no need to create a function call into a function that >>>> consists of a single instruction. >>>> >>>> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-9.1.0/gcc/Inline.html >>>> >>> >>> If you want to add 'inline' keyword, I recommend that >>> you better to remove the modified function in this patch >>> and then just call the 'write_relaxed or read_relaxed' function >>> directly. It is same result when using inline keyword. >> >> That could be done, but it makes code less readable. >> >> See the difference: >> >> device_writel(dev, ACTMON_INTR_STATUS_CLEAR, ACTMON_DEV_INTR_STATUS); >> >> writel_relaxed(ACTMON_INTR_STATUS_CLEAR, >> dev->regs + ACTMON_DEV_INTR_STATUS); > > No problem if you add the detailed comment and you want to use > the 'inline' keyword. Basically, I think that 'inline' keyword is not necessary. But if you want to use 'inline' keyword, I recommend that call the 'write_relaxed or read_relaxed' function directly with detailed description. > >> >> >> > > -- Best Regards, Chanwoo Choi Samsung Electronics