[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] eal: introduce the rte macro for always inline

[Jerin Jacob]

Different drivers use internal macros like force_inline for compiler
always inline feature.
Standardizing it through __rte_always_inline macro.

Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com>
---
This patch has the following false positive checkpatch warning:

ERROR:COMPLEX_MACRO: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parentheses
#26: FILE: lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h:108:
+#define __rte_always_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
---
 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
index e057f6e21..a9a749488 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ typedef uint16_t unaligned_uint16_t;
  */
 #define RTE_SET_USED(x) (void)(x)
 
+/**
+ * Force a function to be inlined
+ */
+#define __rte_always_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
+
 /*********** Macros for pointer arithmetic ********/
 
 /**
-- 
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