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 <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> on patches 11-15 (I think the others ones already have it). -- Luc
