Re: [PATCH -next] treewide: Remove stringification from __alias macro definition

From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Thu Nov 12 2020 - 04:36:37 EST


On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 8:19 AM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am still not convinced we need this change, as I don't see how the
> concerns regarding __section apply to __alias. But if we do, can we
> please use the same approach, i.e., revert the current patch, and
> queue it again after v5.11-rc1 with all new occurrences covered as
> well?

In general, it would be nice to move all compiler attributes to use
the `__` syntax, which is independent of compiler vendor, gives us a
level of indirection to modify behavior between compilers and is
shorter/nicer for users.

But it is low priority, so it should go in whenever it causes the
least amount of trouble.

Cheers,
Miguel