2 files changed, 26 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/bsearch.h b/include/linux/bsearch.h
index 8ed53d7524ea..e66b711d091e 100644
--- a/include/linux/bsearch.h
+++ b/include/linux/bsearch.h
@@ -4,7 +4,29 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
-	      cmp_func_t cmp);
+static __always_inline
+void *__inline_bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size, cmp_func_t cmp)
+{
+	const char *pivot;
+	int result;
+
+	while (num > 0) {
+		pivot = base + (num >> 1) * size;
+		result = cmp(key, pivot);
+
+		if (result == 0)
+			return (void *)pivot;
+
+		if (result > 0) {
+			base = pivot + size;
+			num--;
+		}
+		num >>= 1;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+extern void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size, cmp_func_t cmp);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_BSEARCH_H */
diff --git a/lib/bsearch.c b/lib/bsearch.c
index 8b3aae5ae77a..bf86aa66f2b2 100644
--- a/lib/bsearch.c
+++ b/lib/bsearch.c
@@ -28,27 +28,9 @@
  * the key and elements in the array are of the same type, you can use
  * the same comparison function for both sort() and bsearch().
  */
-void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
-	      cmp_func_t cmp)
+void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size, cmp_func_t cmp)
 {
-	const char *pivot;
-	int result;
-
-	while (num > 0) {
-		pivot = base + (num >> 1) * size;
-		result = cmp(key, pivot);
-
-		if (result == 0)
-			return (void *)pivot;
-
-		if (result > 0) {
-			base = pivot + size;
-			num--;
-		}
-		num >>= 1;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
+	return __inline_bsearch(key, base, num, size, cmp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bsearch);
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(bsearch);