Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:41:46 +0900 | From | Kenji Kaneshige <> | Subject | Re: [ACPI] [PATCH] Updated patches for PCI IRQ resource deallocation support [2/3] |
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Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Kenji Kaneshige wrote: > >> > > Why not just make these static inlines in header files? Since you're on >> > > this, how about making irq_desc and friends dynamic too? >> >> I'm not quite sure what you are saying, but my idea is defining >> acpi_unregister_gsi() as a opposite part of acpi_register_gsi(). >> Acpi_register_gsi() is defined for each arch (i386, ia64), so >> acpi_unregister_gsi() is defined for each i386 and ia64 too. > > Well i meant can't you define them in a header file as follows; > > static void inline acpi_unregister_gsi (unsigned int irq) > { > } > > An advantage is that it saves memory since you don't also have to create > the extra data objects for the exported symbol. But really you don't have > to export something which does nothing. > Hi Zwane,
I understand what you mean. It looks good to me. I'll update my patch.
Thanks, Kenji Kaneshige
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