Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers 0.20 for 2.6.17

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> I guess the correct way to handle it will be to put a "used" attribute in the
> asm-generic/marker.h code, remove the unnecessary "unused" attribute in
> asm-powerpc/marker.h and tell people to upgrade their gcc when it is broken.
>   

It's subtle because it quietly drops the section with no other 
symptoms.  It could slip by unnoticed for quite a while.

> The other way around would be to make the macro "use" the structure somewhere
> without any impact.
>   
asm volatile("" : : "m" (thing));

   J
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