ring->space -= n;
 }
 
-void intel_ring_emit(struct drm_device *dev,
-               struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, unsigned int data)
-{
-       unsigned int *virt = ring->virtual_start + ring->tail;
-       *virt = data;
-       ring->tail += 4;
-}
-
 void intel_ring_advance(struct drm_device *dev,
                struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 {
 
                struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
 void intel_ring_begin(struct drm_device *dev,
                struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, int n);
-void intel_ring_emit(struct drm_device *dev,
-               struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 data);
+
+static inline void intel_ring_emit(struct drm_device *dev,
+                                  struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
+                                  unsigned int data)
+{
+       unsigned int *virt = ring->virtual_start + ring->tail;
+       *virt = data;
+       ring->tail += 4;
+}
+
 void intel_fill_struct(struct drm_device *dev,
                struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
                void *data,