On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:51 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:

When compiling kernel modules for ppc that include <linux/ 
spinlock.h>, gcc
prints a warning message every time it encounters a function  
declaration where
the inline keyword appears after the return type. The patch below  
makes sure
that the order of the inline keyword and the return type is as gcc  
expects it.
Additionally, the __inline__ keyword is replaced by inline, as  
checkpatch
expects.

Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <redacted>

what version of gcc and what config are you building for?

- k