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authorMaarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>2024-05-28 22:21:34 +0200
committerMaarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>2024-05-28 22:21:34 +0200
commitf73a058be5d70dd81a43f16b2bbff4b1576a7af8 (patch)
treeb7959c01cf7a5d95c7c4d5b61929ff9123370322 /include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
parentdma-buf: handle testing kthreads creation failure (diff)
parentMerge tag 'drm-misc-fixes-2024-05-23' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/misc/kernel into drm-fixes (diff)
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'drm/drm-fixes' into drm-misc-fixes
v6.10-rc1 is released, forward from v6.9 Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>
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diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index 8bdf6e0918c1..32284cd26d52 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -362,6 +362,19 @@
#define __used __attribute__((__used__))
/*
+ * The __used attribute guarantees that the attributed variable will be
+ * always emitted by a compiler. It doesn't prevent the compiler from
+ * throwing 'unused' warnings when it can't detect how the variable is
+ * actually used. It's a compiler implementation details either emit
+ * the warning in that case or not.
+ *
+ * The combination of both 'used' and 'unused' attributes ensures that
+ * the variable would be emitted, and will not trigger 'unused' warnings.
+ * The attribute is applicable for functions, static and global variables.
+ */
+#define __always_used __used __maybe_unused
+
+/*
* gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-warn_005funused_005fresult-function-attribute
* clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#nodiscard-warn-unused-result
*/