linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Compiler Attributes: move kernel-only attributes into __KERNEL_

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Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 13:49:57 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Xiaozhou Liu <lxz1983@...il.com>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Compiler Attributes: move kernel-only attributes into
 __KERNEL__

On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 08:39:26PM +0800, Xiaozhou Liu wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 11:42:11AM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> 
> > Exactly, thanks a lot for clarifying it up (we should put this in the
> > commit message, I would say). That also answers my question: it is
> > clear everything should be back into __KERNEL__. The only worry is
> > that the v4.19 release contained 815f0ddb346c, so it has them exposed,
> > so someone could have started relying on them. Or, more likely, the
> > exposed macros could break some source code out there. Hm... Should a
> > "fix" be backported?
> 
> What about letting v4.19 maintainers make the decision?

If something is fixed in Linus's tree for this, I want to take it into
the 4.19-stable tree as well.

thanks,

greg k-h