>
> Problem is killing inlined functions. Current kernel relies in the
> real version of the funtion staying there even all its uses have been
> inlined. GCC's before 3 do not do what they are supposed to and do not
> kill the real function. GCC3 kills it in certain cases and build
> crashes. So kernel builds ok with old gcc's because they do not do
> what they are supposed. Hence all the 'extern inline' mesh...
> (plz, correct me if I'm wrong).
>
You're wrong. The thing is the kernel does NOT include any noninline
functions, which breaks if you *don't* inline (like gcc doesn't if the
optimizer isn't turned on...)
-hpa
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