From: Masahiro Yamada > Sent: 17 February 2022 16:17 ... > No. Not that one. > > The commit you presumably want to revert is: > > a771f2b82aa2 ("[PATCH] Add a section about inlining to > Documentation/CodingStyle") > > This is now referred to as "__always_inline disease", though.
That description is largely fine. Inappropriate 'inline' ought to be removed. Then 'inline' means - 'really do inline this'. Anyone remember massive 100+ line #defines being used to get code inlined 'to make it faster'. Sometimes being expanded several times in succession. May have helped a 68020, but likely to be a loss on modern cpu with large I-cache and slow memory. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)