Re: What is "__attribute__()" in kernel code

[rohan puri <rohan.puri15@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:53 PM, anish singh <anish198519851985@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:28 PM, sandeep kumar
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> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering what __attribute__ does in the kernel code?
> I found several definitions but couldnot come to one conclusion..
>
> __releases(x)  is defined in compiler.h. What does this mean??
> # define __releases(x)                  __attribute__((context(x,1,0)))

GCC directive ?

> Thanking you
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> With regards,
> Sandeep Kumar Anantapalli,
>
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Hi Anish,

Refer link http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/gnu-c-attributes.html

Regards,
Rohan Puri
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