Re: static functions are your friends (Was GPIO revisited)

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Aug 9, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Marc Balmer wrote:

> Am 09.08.2009 um 19:32 schrieb Matt Thomas:
>
> > On Aug 9, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Marc Balmer wrote:
> > > We can consider this issue solved.  I can declare my functions as  
> > > "__noinline static ...." and have both the benefits of a static  
> > > declaration and the function name show up in ddb's 'trace' command.
> > >
> > > I will slowly convert my code to this idiom, if no one objects.
> >
> > Please only do that if neither DIAGNOSTIC nor DEBUG is defined.
>
> why do you suggest this?

Because the kernel is supposed to fully optimized if neither of those  
are present, even if it makes debugging harder.