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From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] drop the concept of 'known-but-ignored'
 attributes
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:57:25 -0800
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On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 12:21:07AM +0100, Luc Van Oostenryck wrote:
> The goal of this series is to drop the concept of
> 'known-but-ignored' attributes which, for a semantic
> checker like sparse, adds absolutely no added value
> but bring endless annoyances.

I absolutely agree that these have been annoying. However, they've also
been useful in the past to identify new flags used in the kernel and
other projects that we may need to actually act on, rather than just
ignore.