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author | 2018-12-05 13:16:24 -0500 | |
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committer | 2018-12-05 13:23:38 -0500 | |
commit | 14a4467a0a5eacb2ebbe3aab1b4e25af3519c76a (patch) | |
tree | 541647056606d3e0aa1e06e62d2b40417623f8cb /include/linux/compiler_attributes.h | |
parent | media: pixfmt-meta-d4xx.rst: Add a license to it (diff) | |
parent | Merge tag 'media/v4.20-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mc... (diff) | |
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Merge commit '0072a0c14d5b7cb72c611d396f143f5dcd73ebe2' into patchwork
Merge from Upstream after the latest media fixes branch, because we
need one patch that it is there.
* commit '0072a0c14d5b7cb72c611d396f143f5dcd73ebe2': (1108 commits)
ide: Change to use DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE macro
ide: pmac: add of_node_put()
drivers/tty: add missing of_node_put()
drivers/sbus/char: add of_node_put()
sbus: char: add of_node_put()
Linux 4.20-rc5
PCI: Fix incorrect value returned from pcie_get_speed_cap()
MAINTAINERS: Update linux-mips mailing list address
ocfs2: fix potential use after free
mm/khugepaged: fix the xas_create_range() error path
mm/khugepaged: collapse_shmem() do not crash on Compound
mm/khugepaged: collapse_shmem() without freezing new_page
mm/khugepaged: minor reorderings in collapse_shmem()
mm/khugepaged: collapse_shmem() remember to clear holes
mm/khugepaged: fix crashes due to misaccounted holes
mm/khugepaged: collapse_shmem() stop if punched or truncated
mm/huge_memory: fix lockdep complaint on 32-bit i_size_read()
mm/huge_memory: splitting set mapping+index before unfreeze
mm/huge_memory: rename freeze_page() to unmap_page()
initramfs: clean old path before creating a hardlink
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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler_attributes.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler_attributes.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h index 6b28c1b7310c..f8c400ba1929 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h @@ -4,22 +4,26 @@ /* * The attributes in this file are unconditionally defined and they directly - * map to compiler attribute(s) -- except those that are optional. + * map to compiler attribute(s), unless one of the compilers does not support + * the attribute. In that case, __has_attribute is used to check for support + * and the reason is stated in its comment ("Optional: ..."). * * Any other "attributes" (i.e. those that depend on a configuration option, * on a compiler, on an architecture, on plugins, on other attributes...) * should be defined elsewhere (e.g. compiler_types.h or compiler-*.h). + * The intention is to keep this file as simple as possible, as well as + * compiler- and version-agnostic (e.g. avoiding GCC_VERSION checks). * * This file is meant to be sorted (by actual attribute name, * not by #define identifier). Use the __attribute__((__name__)) syntax * (i.e. with underscores) to avoid future collisions with other macros. - * If an attribute is optional, state the reason in the comment. + * Provide links to the documentation of each supported compiler, if it exists. */ /* - * To check for optional attributes, we use __has_attribute, which is supported - * on gcc >= 5, clang >= 2.9 and icc >= 17. In the meantime, to support - * 4.6 <= gcc < 5, we implement __has_attribute by hand. + * __has_attribute is supported on gcc >= 5, clang >= 2.9 and icc >= 17. + * In the meantime, to support 4.6 <= gcc < 5, we implement __has_attribute + * by hand. * * sparse does not support __has_attribute (yet) and defines __GNUC_MINOR__ * depending on the compiler used to build it; however, these attributes have |