Throughout compiler*.h, many version checks are made. These can be simplified by using the macro that gcc's documentation recommends. However, my primary reason for adding this is that I need bug-check macros that are enabled at certain gcc versions and it's cleaner to use this macro than the tradition method: if __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ => 2) If you add patch level, it gets this ugly: if __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 2 || \ __GNUC_MINOR__ == 2 __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ >= 1)) As opposed to: if GCC_VERSION >= 40201 While having separate headers for gcc 3 & 4 eliminates some of this verbosity, they can still be cleaned up by this. See also: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Common-Predefined-Macros.html Signed-off-by: Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h index e5834aa..7970e31 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h @@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ /* * Common definitions for all gcc versions go here. */ +#define GCC_VERSION (__GNUC__ * 10000 \ + + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 \ + + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__) /* Optimization barrier */ -- 1.7.3.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html