[PATCH v6 03/15] irq: gic: support hip04 gic
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Thu May 15 05:13:15 PDT 2014
On Thursday 15 May 2014 13:08:17 Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On 15 May 2014 12:14, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
> > On Thursday 15 May 2014 10:34:35 Marc Zyngier wrote:
> >> > +static inline bool gic_is_standard(struct gic_chip_data *gic)
> >>
> >> Please loose all of the inlines. The compiler can do this by itself.
> >>
> >> > +{
> >> > + return (gic->nr_cpu_if == 8);
> >> > +}
> >> > +
> >
> > I think it's actually the common style to spell out the 'inline'
> > for trivial helpers like this. The compiler doesn't need it, but
> > it also doesn't hurt and most people write it.
> >
> Only in header files, no?
>
> I've been chastised previously for putting this in .c files.
It's crazy to make it a hard rule for C files one way or the other,
given that the compiler doesn't care.
I normally spell out the the inline part in my code because I find
that clearer to read.
Arnd
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