The macro is not used: $ grep -r PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES include/linux/percpu-defs.h: __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES __weak \ include/linux/percpu-defs.h: __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES \ include/asm-generic/percpu.h:#ifndef PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES include/asm-generic/percpu.h:#define PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES It was added with b01e8dc34379 ("alpha: fix percpu build breakage") and removed in 2009 with b01e8dc34379..6088464cf1ae. Signed-off-by: Alexander Pateenok <pateenoc@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/percpu.h | 4 ---- include/linux/percpu-defs.h | 6 ++---- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h index 1817a8415a5e..c2de013b2cf4 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h @@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ extern void setup_per_cpu_areas(void); #define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES #endif -#ifndef PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES -#define PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES -#endif - #define raw_cpu_generic_read(pcp) \ ({ \ *raw_cpu_ptr(&(pcp)); \ diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h index 2d2096ba1cfe..1ce8e264a269 100644 --- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h @@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ extern __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_unique_##name; \ __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_unique_##name; \ extern __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __typeof__(type) name; \ - __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES __weak \ - __typeof__(type) name + __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __weak __typeof__(type) name #else /* * Normal declaration and definition macros. @@ -101,8 +100,7 @@ extern __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __typeof__(type) name #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec) \ - __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES \ - __typeof__(type) name + __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __typeof__(type) name #endif /* -- 2.17.1