Re: [patch] use __attribute__ in asm-powerpc

[Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> Pretty much everyone uses "__attribute__" or "attribute", no one
> uses "__attribute".  This patch tweaks the three places in asm-powerpc where
> this comes up.  While only asm-powerpc/types.h is interesting (for userspace),
> I did asm-powerpc/processor.h as well for consistency.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> ---
> diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h b/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
> index d947b16..2ce6ea6 100644
> --- a/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
> +++ b/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
> @@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ struct thread_struct {
>  	unsigned long	dabr;		/* Data address breakpoint register */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
>  	/* Complete AltiVec register set */
> -	vector128	vr[32] __attribute((aligned(16)));
> +	vector128	vr[32] __attribute__((aligned(16)));

If the code is not exported to userspace (and thus not subject to different
compilers), I think the preferred form is plain `attribute'.

With kind regards,
 
Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect

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