Re: [PATCH] enable -finline-functions optimization

[Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff at gmx dot net>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 11:03:42AM +0200, Thomas Pfaff wrote:
>
> > This patch enables inline optimization for the c++ source files
> > in winsup/cygwin.
> >
> > I tried several attributes for std_dll_init, wsock_init and
> > unused_sig_wrapper without success, the only working solution was to
> > change the functions from static to global to avoid its removal.
> >
> > And the new_muto in the pwdgrp constructors can not be inlined for more
> > than one instance.
> Sorry but I'm not going to change something that should be a valid static into
> a global just to accommodate the compiler.  There should be compiler attributes
> which allow this to behave normally.

As i already mentioned i have tried several attributes.
According to
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.2.1/gcc/Function-Attributes.html
__attribute__((used)) should do the trick, but it doesn't seem to work.

> Also, minor point of order:  This a [RFA], not a [PATCH].

Excuse my ignorance.

Thomas