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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] build: Don't redefine 'inline'
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Peter Maydell |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] build: Don't redefine 'inline' |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:24:51 +0000 |
On 9 February 2016 at 18:49, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> Actively redefining 'inline' is wrong for C++, where gcc has an
> extension 'inline namespace' which fails to compile if the
> keyword 'inline' is replaced by a macro expansion. This will
> matter once we start to include "qemu/osdep.h" first from C++
> files, depending also on whether the system headers are new
> enough to be using the gcc extension.
>
> But rather than just guard things by __cplusplus, let's look at
> the overall picture. Commit df2542c737ea2 in 2007 defined 'inline'
> to the gcc attribute __always_inline__, with the rationale "To
> avoid discarded inlining bug". But compilers have improved since
> then, and we are probably better off trusting the compiler rather
> than trying to force its hand.
>
> So just nuke our craziness.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> ---
> include/qemu/compiler.h | 12 ------------
> 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)
Applied to master, thanks. I am all in favour of reducing
the craziness quotient of our codebase.
-- PMM