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

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Date:   Mon, 3 Sep 2018 20:03:45 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
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>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] Compiler Attributes: use feature checks instead of
 version checks

Hi Dominique,

On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 4:17 PM, Dominique Martinet
<asmadeus@...ewreck.org> wrote:
>
> I'm honestly not using icc much, I just have access to machines where it
> is installed...
> Actually, now I'm looking there is some html documentation installed
> along with icc, but it does not seem complete; instead it points to
> software.intel.com ... which has _some_ documentation on attributes, but
> is missing a _lot_ of them, see :
> https://software.intel.com/en-us/cpp-compiler-18.0-developer-guide-and-reference-attributes
>

Hm... I am finishing v3 and I was thinking of adding this link (since
it is what we should link to), but it has so little information on
just a few attributes that I don't think it is worth it :-(

Thanks for finding it out, though!

Cheers,
Miguel