On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:29:46AM +1100, Aboo Valappil wrote: > > Hi, > > What is the reason some header files ( eg : fs.h ) has got both function > declarions and function definitions ? > Is'nt it against convenstion ? > > Aboo Hi, The functions which are define int the .h (like in include/linux/fs.h) are inline. This means that when this function is called, the entire code of the function is added to programm. Sometimes, for little fuunction, it's better. It's for code optimization. > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
