linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc: boot: include compiler

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Date:   Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:24:21 +0100
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc: boot: include compiler_attributes.h

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 5:35 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> It was also noted in 6a9dc5fd6170 that we could -D__KERNEL__ and
> -include compiler_types.h like the main kernel does, though testing that
> produces a whole sea of warnings to cleanup. This approach is minimally
> invasive.

I would add a comment noting this as a reminder -- it also helps to
entice a cleanup.

Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Cheers,
Miguel