The biggest impact that inlining has is that any return statements that you include in a lambda will appear in the inline function as if they were returns from it. This sounds complicated, but it is ...

The kernel makes heavy use of inline functions. In many cases, inline expansion of functions is necessary; some of these functions employ various sorts of assembly language trickery that must be part ...

Kernel programmers tend to like inline functions. They resemble C macros, in that they result in code inserted directly into the calling function, with no added function call overhead. But, unlike ...