This function is only used via function pointer. "inline" doesn't hurt given that taking address of an inline function forces out-of-line version but it doesn't help either.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobri...@gmail.com> --- net/ipv4/igmp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/ipv4/igmp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/igmp.c @@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ static int ip_mc_check_igmp_msg(struct sk_buff *skb) } } -static inline __sum16 ip_mc_validate_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb) +static __sum16 ip_mc_validate_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb) { return skb_checksum_simple_validate(skb); }