Re: [PATCH] Centralize the macro definition of "__packed".

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Tim Schmielau wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> Well, since the definitions lived well in compiler-generic land for
> quite some time, I'd guess it should be ok not to #ifndef - guard
> them. likely() and unlikely() are currently handled like that. If
> the need ever arises to make them compiler specific, whoever does
> that can still add the #ifndef then.

as it is, i believe the only two compilers that are officially
supported for building the kernel are gcc and icc, and icc identifies
itself as a GNU compiler anyway, so adding to compiler-gcc.h should be
safe until the situation changes.

and, as you say, if the situation changes, fixing compiler.h would be
easy.

rday
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