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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-01-29 22:46:14 +1100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-01-29 22:46:14 +1100
commit5ea293a9048d3a58cb0c840fa719d85ad14cba47 (patch)
tree88d1dd1eece2cfcbd858ff2c00fb0240dcfab3c7 /include/linux/compiler.h
parent03bc26cfefd6db756e6bc7fcda11dc17ada7be16 (diff)
parentd3883ecebbf9e095b9e379dabbbe8b2c1ee7a41c (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild: (79 commits) Remove references to "make dep" kconfig: document use of HAVE_* Introduce new section reference annotations tags: __ref, __refdata, __refconst kbuild: warn about ld added unique sections kbuild: add verbose option to Section mismatch reporting in modpost kconfig: tristate choices with mixed tristate and boolean values asm-generic/vmlix.lds.h: simplify __mem{init,exit}* dependencies remove __attribute_used__ kbuild: support ARCH=x86 in buildtar kconfig: remove "enable" kbuild: simplified warning report in modpost kbuild: introduce a few helpers in modpost kbuild: use simpler section mismatch warnings in modpost kbuild: link vmlinux.o before kallsyms passes kbuild: introduce new option to enhance section mismatch analysis Use separate sections for __dev/__cpu/__mem code/data compiler.h: introduce __section() all archs: consolidate init and exit sections in vmlinux.lds.h kbuild: check section names consistently in modpost kbuild: introduce blacklisting in modpost ...
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler.h9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index c68b67b86ef..d0e17e1657d 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
* 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__ /* deprecated */
-#endif
-
#ifndef __used
# define __used /* unimplemented */
#endif
@@ -175,4 +171,9 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
#define __cold
#endif
+/* Simple shorthand for a section definition */
+#ifndef __section
+# define __section(S) __attribute__ ((__section__(#S)))
+#endif
+
#endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */