[PATCH v11 01/19] compiler: introduce __alias(symbol) shortcut

[Andrey Ryabinin]

To be consistent with other compiler attributes
introduce __alias(symbol) macro expanding into
__attribute__((alias(#symbol)))

Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 02ae99e..cdf13ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #define __deprecated			__attribute__((deprecated))
 #define __packed			__attribute__((packed))
 #define __weak				__attribute__((weak))
+#define __alias(symbol)		__attribute__((alias(#symbol)))
 
 /*
  * it doesn't make sense on ARM (currently the only user of __naked) to trace
-- 
2.2.2

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