On 25/10/2012 04:51, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com> wrote:
> - replace __attribute_used__ with just __used
> - add __maybe_unused and explain the difference between the two
> - remove gcc 3.x specifics (as we don''t support building with it
> anymore; really for quite some time we didn''t even support
building
> with the checked for minor versions)
> - remove left over __setup() from init.h (rather than adjusting it)
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Acked-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
> #include <asm/early_printk.h>
> #include "gic.h"
>
> -static __attribute_used__ void init_done(void)
> +static __used void init_done(void)
> {
> free_init_memory();
> startup_cpu_idle_loop();
> --- a/xen/include/xen/compiler.h
> +++ b/xen/include/xen/compiler.h
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> #ifndef __LINUX_COMPILER_H
> #define __LINUX_COMPILER_H
>
> -#if !defined(__GNUC__) || (__GNUC__ < 3)
> +#if !defined(__GNUC__) || (__GNUC__ < 4)
> #error Sorry, your compiler is too old/not recognized.
> #endif
>
> @@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
> #ifdef __clang__
> /* Clang can replace some vars with new automatic ones that go in .data;
> * mark all explicit-segment vars ''used'' to prevent
that. */
> -#define __section(s) __attribute_used__
__attribute__((__section__(s)))
> +#define __section(s) __used __attribute__((__section__(s)))
> #else
> #define __section(s) __attribute__((__section__(s)))
> #endif
> -#define __used_section(s) __attribute_used__
__attribute__((__section__(s)))
> +#define __used_section(s) __used __attribute__((__section__(s)))
> #define __text_section(s) __attribute__((__section__(s)))
>
> #ifdef INIT_SECTIONS_ONLY
> @@ -36,23 +36,23 @@
> #define __attribute_pure__ __attribute__((pure))
> #define __attribute_const__ __attribute__((__const__))
>
> -#if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3)
> -#define __attribute_used__ __attribute__((__used__))
> -#else
> -#define __attribute_used__ __attribute__((__unused__))
> -#endif
> +/*
> + * The difference between the following two attributes is that __used is
> + * intended to be used in cases where a reference to an identifier may be
> + * invisible to the compiler (e.g. an inline assembly operand not listed
> + * in the asm()''s operands), preventing the compiler from
eliminating the
> + * variable or function.
> + * __maybe_unused otoh is to be used to merely prevent warnings (e.g. when
> + * an identifier is used only inside a preprocessor conditional, yet
putting
> + * its declaration/definition inside another conditional would harm code
> + * readability).
> + */
> +#define __used __attribute__((__used__))
> +#define __maybe_unused __attribute__((__unused__))
>
> -#if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4)
> #define __must_check __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
> -#else
> -#define __must_check
> -#endif
>
> -#if __GNUC__ > 3
> #define offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof(a,b)
> -#else
> -#define offsetof(a,b) ((unsigned long)&(((a *)0)->b))
> -#endif
>
> /* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
> #define __must_be_array(a) \
> --- a/xen/include/xen/init.h
> +++ b/xen/include/xen/init.h
> @@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ extern struct kernel_param __setup_start
> __kparam __setup_##_var = \
> { __setup_str_##_var, OPT_STR, &_var, sizeof(_var) }
>
> -/* Make sure obsolete cmdline params don''t break the build. */
> -#define __setup(_name, _fn) static void * __attribute_used__ _dummy_##_fn
> _fn
> -
> #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
>
>
>
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