linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 63/78] Backport minimal compiler

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Date:   Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:19:07 -0700
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Rolf Eike Beer <eb@...ix.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 63/78] Backport minimal compiler_attributes.h to support GCC 9

This adds support for __copy to v4.9.y so that we can use it in
init/exit_module to avoid -Werror=missing-attributes errors on GCC 9.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/259986242.BvXPX32bHu@devpool35/
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eb@...ix.com>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/compiler.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index ed772311ec1fb..5508011cc0c79 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -52,6 +52,22 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+/*
+ * Minimal backport of compiler_attributes.h to add support for __copy
+ * to v4.9.y so that we can use it in init/exit_module to avoid
+ * -Werror=missing-attributes errors on GCC 9.
+ */
+#ifndef __has_attribute
+# define __has_attribute(x) __GCC4_has_attribute_##x
+# define __GCC4_has_attribute___copy__                0
+#endif
+
+#if __has_attribute(__copy__)
+# define __copy(symbol)                 __attribute__((__copy__(symbol)))
+#else
+# define __copy(symbol)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #include <linux/compiler-gcc.h>
 #endif
-- 
2.20.1