linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] sched: Fix compiler warnings

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Message-ID: <53AAE4D2.5020104@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:03:46 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sched: Fix compiler warnings

On 06/25/2014 07:49 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Guenter,
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 07:27:47AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> Maybe the author's intention was:
>>>
>>> 	static inline int cpu_corepower_flags(void) __attribute__((const));
>>>
>>> ?
>>> This specifies that the function has no side effects and the return value
>>> only depends on the (here non-existing) function arguments.
>>>
>>
>> Possibly, but either I am missing something or this doesn't compile.
> You need to do a separate declaration:
>
> 	static inline int cpu_corepower_flags(void) __attribute__((const));
> 	static inline int cpu_corepower_flags(void)
> 	{
> 		...

Actually turns out one can use __attribute_const__, and it is

	static inline int __attribute_const__ cpu_corepower_flags(void)

which turns out to be widely used.

I'll change that and resubmit after testing.

Guenter

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