Re: [PATCH] Centralize the macro definition of "__packed".
From: Robert P. J. Day
Date: Thu Jan 18 2007 - 12:00:05 EST
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Tim Schmielau wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> > Centralize the attribute macro definition of "__packed" so no
> > subsystem has to do that explicitly.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > compile tested to make sure the HFS subsystem still builds. now
> > there's just 50 gazillion usages of "__attribute__((packed))" that can
> > be tightened up.
> >
> >
> > fs/hfs/hfs.h | 2 --
> > fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h | 2 --
> > include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 1 +
> > 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> Moving definitions into compiler-gcc.h only will screw non-gcc
> compilers like icc. They should probably go into the generic section
> of compiler.h instead.
actually, it *appears* that the standard works this way. the macro
"__deprecated" is defined in compiler-gcc.h with:
#define __deprecated __attribute__((deprecated))
while the more generic compiler.h handles whether or not it was
defined:
#ifndef __deprecated
# define __deprecated /* unimplemented */
#endif
so i'm guessing that's how any new attribute shortcut macros should be
handled, yes?
rday
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