# Re: \[PATCH\]\[ATM\] minor cleanups for 2.5

- From: chas williams \<hidden\>
- Date: 2003-07-21 15:03:30 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2003/07/10735335
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2003/07/10735335/t.md

```text
In message [ref],"David S. Miller" writes:
>> (and how does __inline__ work
>> when its the timer function?)
>
>If you take the address of a function marked inline,
>gcc outputs a non-inline of the function.

i figured that.  tagging this function inline is essentially
pointless.  (which was sort of my point in a roundabout way)
```