linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: Remove ancient __FUNCTION_

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Message-ID: <87egq5wg5y.fsf@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Date:	Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:55:05 +0100
From:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: Remove ancient __FUNCTION__ hack

On Wed, Feb 04 2015, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2015-02-04 at 10:48 +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>> __FUNCTION__ hasn't been treated as a string literal since gcc 3.4, so
>> this only helps people who only test-compile using 3.3
>> (compiler-gcc3.h barks at anything older than that). Besides, there
>> are almost no occurrences of __FUNCTION__ left in the tree.
>
> The remaining  uses of __FUNCTION__ need converting first.

Why? __FUNCTION__ is recognized just fine by gcc as an alias for __func__.

Rasmus
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