From 0d7ebbbc6eaa5539f78ab20ed6ff1725a4e332ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Rientjes Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 02:35:27 -0700 Subject: compiler: introduce __used and __maybe_unused __used is defined to be __attribute__((unused)) for all pre-3.3 gcc compilers to suppress warnings for unused functions because perhaps they are referenced only in inline assembly. It is defined to be __attribute__((used)) for gcc 3.3 and later so that the code is still emitted for such functions. __maybe_unused is defined to be __attribute__((unused)) for both function and variable use if it could possibly be unreferenced due to the evaluation of preprocessor macros. Function prototypes shall be marked with __maybe_unused if the actual definition of the function is dependant on preprocessor macros. No update to compiler-intel.h is necessary because ICC supports both __attribute__((used)) and __attribute__((unused)) as specified by the gcc manual. __attribute_used__ is deprecated and will be removed once all current code is converted to using __used. Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: David Rientjes Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/compiler.h | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h') diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 3b6949b41745..498c35920762 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -108,15 +108,30 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const void __iomem *); * Allow us to avoid 'defined but not used' warnings on functions and data, * as well as force them to be emitted to the assembly file. * - * As of gcc 3.3, static functions that are not marked with attribute((used)) - * may be elided from the assembly file. As of gcc 3.3, static data not so + * As of gcc 3.4, static functions that are not marked with attribute((used)) + * may be elided from the assembly file. As of gcc 3.4, static data not so * marked will not be elided, but this may change in a future gcc version. * + * NOTE: Because distributions shipped with a backported unit-at-a-time + * compiler in gcc 3.3, we must define __used to be __attribute__((used)) + * for gcc >=3.3 instead of 3.4. + * * In prior versions of gcc, such functions and data would be emitted, but * would be warned about except with attribute((unused)). + * + * Mark functions that are referenced only in inline assembly as __used so + * the code is emitted even though it appears to be unreferenced. */ #ifndef __attribute_used__ -# define __attribute_used__ /* unimplemented */ +# define __attribute_used__ /* deprecated */ +#endif + +#ifndef __used +# define __used /* unimplemented */ +#endif + +#ifndef __maybe_unused +# define __maybe_unused /* unimplemented */ #endif /* -- cgit v1.2.1