Re: [PATCH] Use __attribute__((malloc)) for gcc 3.2

Adrian Bunk (bunk@fs.tum.de)
Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:24:02 +0200 (CEST)


On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Andi Kleen wrote:

>...
> --- linux/include/linux/kernel.h 2002-09-29 16:54:34.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.5.39-work/include/linux/kernel.h 2002-09-29 17:20:52.000000000 +0200
> @@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ void __might_sleep(char *file, int line)
> #define might_sleep() do {} while(0)
> #endif
>
> +#if __GNUC__ >= 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1
> +/* Function allocates new memory and return cannot alias with anything */
> +#define malloc_function __attribute__((malloc))
> +/* Never inline */
> +#define noinline __attribute__((noinline))
> +#else
> +#define malloc_function
> +#define noinline
> +#endif
> +
>...

Why did you put it in kernel.h and not in compiler.h?

cu
Adrian

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