From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eliminate warnings in generated module files
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:43:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030218194351.A23525@twiddle.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302181925360.1468-100000@home.transmeta.com>; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 07:29:15PM -0800
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 07:29:15PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Have you tested this with older compilers?
Nope.
> In particular, I have this dim memory of gcc historically not liking
> multiple separate __attribute__ bits, ie
>
> __attribute__((unused,__section__ ...))
>
> would be fine, but
>
> __attribute__((unused)) __attribute__((__section__ ...))
>
> would not compile.
>
> But hey, my brain is cabbage, and my memory might be crap.
Hmm. It was always supposed to have worked, but I suppose
there could have been bugs. How far back to I need to go
looking?
r~
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-19 3:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-19 2:43 [PATCH] eliminate warnings in generated module files Richard Henderson
2003-02-19 3:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-19 3:43 ` Richard Henderson [this message]
2003-02-19 5:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-19 6:16 ` Richard Henderson
2003-02-19 20:11 ` Kai Germaschewski
2003-02-19 21:05 ` Richard Henderson
2003-02-20 0:01 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-19 23:41 ` Chris Wedgwood
2003-02-25 4:32 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-25 7:58 ` Richard Henderson
2003-02-25 11:39 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-25 23:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-26 1:22 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-26 1:36 ` Kai Germaschewski
2003-02-26 4:13 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-26 17:02 ` Horst von Brand
2003-02-26 17:04 ` Richard Henderson
2003-02-26 3:35 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-02-26 4:08 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-26 13:45 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-25 21:42 ` Chris Wedgwood
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2003-02-26 2:23 Milton D. Miller II
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