[openib-general] [PATCH] optional functions, ib_mad update

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Wed Sep 1 16:00:30 PDT 2004


    Sean> I thought it might be more complicated as additional checks
    Sean> were added, but can switch it (and similarly formatted
    Sean> calls) back to inline for now, then move them later, if
    Sean> needed.

I'd rather not go that route -- this is exactly why the kernel
currently has a bunch of bloated inline functions that should never
have been inline.  If something isn't in the fast path, let's not
inline it.

 - R.



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