netdev - Re: [PATCH] compiler_attribute: remove CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST

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Date:   Sat, 21 Nov 2020 21:45:41 +0100
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        wireguard@...ts.zx2c4.com,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compiler_attribute: remove CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK

On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 8:44 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Our goal is to always enable __must_check where appreciate, so this
> CONFIG option is no longer needed.

This would be great. It also implies we can then move it to
`compiler_attributes.h` since it does not depend on config options
anymore.

We should also rename it to `__nodiscard`, since that is the
standardized name (coming soon to C2x and in C++ for years).

Cc'ing the Clang folks too to make them aware.

Cheers,
Miguel