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Re: [XEN PATCH][for-4.19 v2 6/7] xen/console: make function static inline



On 17/10/2023 18:26, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 17.10.2023 17:24, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
On 16/10/2023 16:52, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 09.10.2023 08:54, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
--- a/xen/include/xen/consoled.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/consoled.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ size_t consoled_guest_tx(char c);

 #else

-size_t consoled_guest_tx(char c) { return 0; }
+static inline size_t consoled_guest_tx(char c) { return 0; }

Why inline? We do so in headers, but we generally avoid "inline" in
.c files.

Yes. The file modified is in fact an header.

Hmm, how did I not pay attention? Yet then a different question arises:
Without the "static inline" I'd expect this to result in a build error
from any two .c files including this header. Yet we aren't aware of
such a build issue, so I wonder whether the stub is needed in the first
place.

Jan

This is a good observation. Right now I see only one caller, that is conditioned on both CONFIG_X86 and pv_shim and pv_console, making this stub unused as far as I can tell.
It might indeed be a good idea to drop it.

--
Nicola Vetrini, BSc
Software Engineer, BUGSENG srl (https://bugseng.com)



 


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