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Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:15:42 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] compiler: Introduce __always_unused On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:50:52 +0800 Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote: Hi, > I wrote some code which is used as compile-time checker, and the > code should be elided after compile. > +#define __always_unused > __attribute__((unused)) I have a suggestion. In addition to marking it attribute unused, would it be useful to also put a section attribute as part of this, to a section that we can then drop from the binary by way of the linker script ? -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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