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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v7][RFC]: mutex: implement adaptive spinning
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:53:42 +0000
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Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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To: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
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Harvey Harrison wrote:
> Oh yeah, and figure out what actually breaks on alpha such that they added
> the following (arch/alpha/include/asm/compiler.h)
> 
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> /* Some idiots over in <linux/compiler.h> thought inline should imply
>    always_inline.  This breaks stuff.  We'll include this file whenever
>    we run into such problems.  */

Does "always_inline" complain if the function isn't inlinable, while
"inline" allows it?  That would explain the alpha comment.

-- Jamie