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    staging: rtl8723bs: Fix build error with Clang when inlining is disabled · 97715058
    Nathan Chancellor authored
    When CONFIG_NO_AUTO_INLINE was present in linux-next (which added
    '-fno-inline-functions' to KBUILD_CFLAGS), an allyesconfig build with
    Clang failed at the modpost stage:
    
    ERROR: "is_broadcast_mac_addr" [drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/r8723bs.ko] undefined!
    ERROR: "is_zero_mac_addr" [drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/r8723bs.ko] undefined!
    ERROR: "is_multicast_mac_addr" [drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/r8723bs.ko] undefined!
    
    These functions were marked as extern inline, meaning that if inlining
    doesn't happen, the function will be undefined, as it is above.
    
    This happens to work with GCC because the '-fno-inline-functions' option
    respects the __inline attribute so all instances of these functions are
    inlined as expected and the definition doesn't actually matter. However,
    with Clang and '-fno-inline-functions', a function has to be marked with
    the __always_inline attribute to be considered for inlining, which none
    of these functions are. Clang tries to find the symbol definition
    elsewhere as it was told and fails, which trickles down to modpost.
    
    To make sure that this code compiles regardless of compiler and make the
    intention of the code clearer, use 'static' to ensure these functions
    are always defined, regardless of inlining. Additionally, silence a
    checkpatch warning by switching from '__inline' to 'inline'.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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