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charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 4:36 PM Luc Van Oostenryck wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 07:22:46PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote: > > The Compiler Attributes series is an effort to disentangle > > the include/linux/compiler*.h headers and bring them up to date. > > > > The main idea behind the series is to use feature checking macros > > (i.e. __has_attribute) instead of compiler version checks (e.g. GCC_VERSION), > > which are compiler-agnostic (so they can be shared, reducing the size > > of compiler-specific headers) and version-agnostic. > > > > Other related improvements have been performed in the headers as well, > > which on top of the use of __has_attribute it has amounted to a significant > > simplification of these headers (e.g. GCC_VERSION is now only guarding 4 > > non-attribute macros). > > > > This series should also help the efforts to support compiling the kernel > > with clang and icc. A fair amount of documentation and comments have also > > been added, clarified or removed; and the headers are now more readable, > > which should help kernel developers in general. > > > > The series was triggered due to the move to gcc >= 4.6. In turn, this series > > has also triggered Sparse to gain the ability to recognize __has_attribute > > on its own. > > > > Finally, the nonstring variable attribute series has been applied on top > > of this one. > > Hi Miguel, > Feel free to add my > Reviewed-by: Luc Van Oostenryck > on patches 11-15 (I think the others ones already have it). > Done for both Nick and you! Cheers, Miguel