Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Sep 2002 21:07:46 -0400 | From | Daniel Jacobowitz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Use __attribute__((malloc)) for gcc 3.2 |
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On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 02:31:21AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 01:51:41AM +0200, Anton Blanchard wrote: > > > > Hi Andi, > > > > > Also added an noinline macro to wrap __attribute__((noinline)). That's > > > not used yet. It tells the compiler that it should never inline, which > > > may be useful to prevent some awful code generation for those misguided > > > folks who use -O3 (gcc often screws up the register allocation of a > > > function completely when bigger functions are inlined). > > > > Could you also add an always inline? It would be useful for functions > > like context_switch, where we require it to be inlined (otherwise it > > falls outside scheduling_functions_{start,end}_here and wchan handling > > fails). > > Ok. gcc supports it with __attribute__((always_inline)) > > Suggestions for a name? alwaysinline would be a bit lengthy.
Stick with always_inline?
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