Hi,
I was going through a file known as
linux-2.6.34/kernel/timer.c and found following code.


static inline void
timer_set_base(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *new_base)
{
timer->base = (struct tvec_base *)((unsigned long)(new_base) |
tbase_get_deferrable(timer->base));
}

I want to understand what is it doing.
What is the meaning of static inline in above?
I searched and came across

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forum...functions.html
https://www.securecoding.cert.org/co...on-like+macros

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/KernelAnalysis-HOWTO-14.html

Also a book by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_P...age_%28book%29

which page is that exactly given?
I am having a pdf reader
known as Document Viewer 2.26.0 there is no way I can search the complete document in it.

Also I am not clear with use of word static in a function definition.

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In C, static means that the function is only visible within the same source file.

inline is a suggestion to the compiler to replace the function call with the code within the function. This is done to reduce the overhead of a function call. Pushing the parameters on the stack then a jump. This works well for smaller methods where speed is key.

And 'void' means the function does not return a value.

To the OP - you likely need to first learn "C", and then look into kernel.

And for the documentation necessary to learn the C programming language (similar to C++):

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming