Re: [PATCH] eliminate warnings in generated module files

From: Richard Henderson (rth@twiddle.net)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 22:43:51 EST


On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 07:29:15PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Have you tested this with older compilers?

Nope.

> In particular, I have this dim memory of gcc historically not liking
> multiple separate __attribute__ bits, ie
>
> __attribute__((unused,__section__ ...))
>
> would be fine, but
>
> __attribute__((unused)) __attribute__((__section__ ...))
>
> would not compile.
>
> But hey, my brain is cabbage, and my memory might be crap.

Hmm. It was always supposed to have worked, but I suppose
there could have been bugs. How far back to I need to go
looking?

r~
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