linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] Compiler Attributes: use feature checks instead of version checks

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Date:   Sat, 1 Sep 2018 14:58:44 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eli Friedman <efriedma@...eaurora.org>,
        Christopher Li <sparse@...isli.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] Compiler Attributes: use feature checks instead of
 version checks

Hi Luc,

On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Luc Van Oostenryck
<luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com> wrote:
>
> For sparse (which doesn't support __has_attribute() yet and defines
> __GNUC_MINOR__ depending on the compiler used to build it) it won't
> be totally correct since the concerned attributes here will be
> incorrectly considered as not supported. But, since these attributes
> have no semantic effects for sparse, it won't matter.
>
> So, for sparse:
> Reviewed-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>

Thanks for checking (and for the sparse patches too!). I will note
this in the commit message for v3.

Cheers,
Miguel