linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Replace __attribute_pure__ with _

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Date:	Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:51:21 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	aubrey.li@...log.com, bernd.schmidt@...log.com,
	bryan.wu@...log.com, grace.pan@...log.com, marc.hoffman@...log.com,
	michael.hennerich@...log.com, michael.frysinger@...log.com,
	jerry.zeng@...log.com, jie.zhang@...log.com, robin.getz@...log.com,
	roy.huang@...log.com, sonic.zhang@...log.com, vivi.li@...log.com,
	yi.li@...log.com, paulus@...ba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace __attribute_pure__ with __pure

Ralf Baechle wrote:
> To be consistent with the use of attributes in the rest of the kernel
> replace all use of __attribute_pure__ with __pure and delete the
> definition of __attribute_pure__.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>

Concern: __attribute_pure__ is very similar to __attribute_const__, 
which is almost completely, but not totally unlike the keyword "const"...

	-hpa
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