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| First post | 2017-01-12 17:50 +0100 |
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Re: [PATCH] crypto: Replaced gcc specific attributes with macros from compiler.h Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2017-01-12 17:50 +0100
| From | Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2017-01-12 17:50 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] crypto: Replaced gcc specific attributes with macros from compiler.h |
| Message-ID | <sYQJA-6gs-31@gated-at.bofh.it> |
On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 09:26:23PM +0530, gidisrael@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Gideon Israel Dsouza <gidisrael@gmail.com>
>
> Continuing from this commit: 52f5684c8e1e
> ("kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...))")
>
> I submitted 4 total patches. They are part of task I've taken up to
> increase compiler portability in the kernel. I've cleaned up the
> subsystems under /kernel /mm /block and /security, this patch targets
> /crypto.
>
> There is <linux/compiler.h> which provides macros for various gcc specific
> constructs. Eg: __weak for __attribute__((weak)). I've cleaned all
> instances of gcc specific attributes with the right macros for the crypto
> subsystem.
>
> I had to make one additional change into compiler-gcc.h for the case when
> one wants to use this: __attribute__((aligned) and not specify an alignment
> factor. From the gcc docs, this will result in the largest alignment for
> that data type on the target machine so I've named the macro
> __aligned_largest. Please advise if another name is more appropriate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gideon Israel Dsouza <gidisrael@gmail.com>
Patch applied. Thanks.
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