kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...))

To increase compiler portability there is <linux/compiler.h> which
provides convenience macros for various gcc constructs.  Eg: __weak for
__attribute__((weak)).  I've replaced all instances of gcc attributes
with the right macro in the kernel subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Gideon Israel Dsouza <[email protected]>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Gideon Israel Dsouza 2014-04-07 15:39:20 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit 52f5684c8e
13 changed files with 34 additions and 21 deletions

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@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/stat.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/capability.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h> /* rcu_expedited */
@ -162,8 +163,8 @@ KERNEL_ATTR_RW(rcu_expedited);
/*
* Make /sys/kernel/notes give the raw contents of our kernel .notes section.
*/
extern const void __start_notes __attribute__((weak));
extern const void __stop_notes __attribute__((weak));
extern const void __start_notes __weak;
extern const void __stop_notes __weak;
#define notes_size (&__stop_notes - &__start_notes)
static ssize_t notes_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,