Re: const versus __attribute__((const))

Arnd Bergmann
2003-12-08T15:49:11Z

H. Peter Anvin writes:
> I have made a patch against the current tree defining
> __attribute_const__ in <linux/compiler.h> and using it in the above
> cases; does anyone know any reason why I should *NOT* submit this to
> Linus?

I noticed before that gcc appearantly ignores __attribute__((const))
for inline functions, so both the original and your proposed code
is rather pointless as an optimization, except for extern declarations.

I'd rather remove the 'const' completely where it causes warnings for
inline functions.