Re: [PATCH 07/12] Compiler Attributes: remove unneeded sparse (__CHECKER__) tests

[Luc Van Oostenryck]

On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 10:33:11PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Sparse knows about a few more attributes now, so we can remove
> the __CHECKER__ conditions from them (which, in turn, allow us
> to move some of them later on to compiler_attributes.h).
> 
>   * assume_aligned: since sparse's commit ffc860b ("sparse:
>     ignore __assume_aligned__ attribute"), included in 0.5.1
> 
>   * error: since sparse's commit 0a04210 ("sparse: Add 'error'
>     to ignored attributes"), included in 0.5.0
> 
>   * hotpatch: since sparse's commit 6043210 ("sparse/parse.c:
>     ignore hotpatch attribute"), included in 0.5.1
> 
>   * warning: since sparse's commit 977365d ("Avoid "attribute
>     'warning': unknown attribute" warning"), included in 0.4.2

Hi,

I hadn't noticed in the previous version but I see now that hotpatch
& assume_aligned is only available since sparse 0.5.1 which is only
13 months old. It would be great if everyone use a recent version
but I fear that a lot of people still use something less recent.
v0.5.0 should be OK, though, it's more than 5 years old.

Sorry for not having noticed this earlier.

-- Luc