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From: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Adding ignored attribute optimize
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:04:38 +0200
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On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:21:43AM -0700, Christopher Li wrote:
> I notice this unknow attribute "__optimize__"when I am looking
> sparse checking result on the recent kernel compile.

There is also a long time 'require_context' in drivers/block/drbd,/
a failed attempt to fix or extend sparse's handling of lock context.
Why is it still there after all those years, I have no idea.
 
Anyway, my position about these unknown attributes is still the same
of course: we should simply ignore them instead of annoying people
with useless warnings.

-- Luc