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From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com,
	Kai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eliminate warnings in generated module files
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:58:29 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030224235829.A12782@twiddle.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030225050306.F0BF82C19D@lists.samba.org>; from rusty@rustcorp.com.au on Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:32:21PM +1100

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:32:21PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> In message <20030218184317.A20436@twiddle.net> you write:
> > +#if __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3 || __GNUC__ > 3
> > +#define __attribute_used__	__attribute__((__used__))
> > +#else
> > +#define __attribute_used__	__attribute__((__unused__))
> > +#endif
> > +
> 
> After some thought, I prefer __optional.

Um, "optional" does not in any way accurately describe attribute used.
In fact, it means almost exactly the opposite.


r~

  reply	other threads:[~2003-02-25  7:48 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
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 [this message]
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
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-02-26  2:23 Milton D. Miller II

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