linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/10] compiler-gcc{3,4}.h: Use GCC

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Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:20:29 -0700
From:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:	Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@...ox.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christopher Li <sparse@...isli.org>,
	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>,
	linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Pavel Pisa <pisa@....felk.cvut.cz>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/10] compiler-gcc{3,4}.h: Use GCC_VERSION macro

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 06:20:05PM -0500, Daniel Santos wrote:
> --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
> @@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
>  #define __must_check 		__attribute__((warn_unused_result))
>  #define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof(a,b)
>  
> -#if __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0
> +#if GCC_VERSION >= 40102
>  # define __compiletime_object_size(obj) __builtin_object_size(obj, 0)
>  #endif

You've changed the semantics of this one; if literally translated, this
should have become #if GCC_VERSION >= 40100.  If you intended to change
that, could you please document why?  And in any case, could you make
that semantic change in a separate commit from the switch to
GCC_VERSION?

- Josh Triplett
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