Re: [PATCH 1/2] compiler-gcc.h: Added new macro for gcc attribute

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Tue, 2017-01-24 at 17:44 +0530, Gideon Israel Dsouza wrote:
> Added __mode(x) into compiler-gcc.h as part of a cleanup task I've
> taken up, to replace gcc specific attributes with macros.
> 
> Last accepted patch I sent into linux-next for crypto: d8c34b949d8c:
> crypto: Replaced gcc specific attributes with macros from compiler.h
> 
> The last commit of this task that went through you: 52f5684c8e1ec
> kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...))
> 
> The next patch is for cleaning up the m68k subsystem and it requires
> a new macro to wrap __attribute__ ((mode (...)))
[]
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
[]
> @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
>  #define __attribute_const__	__attribute__((__const__))
>  #define __maybe_unused		__attribute__((unused))
>  #define __always_unused		__attribute__((unused))
> +#define __mode                  __attribute__((mode(x)))

Huh?

Perhaps you meant

#define __mode(x)	__attribute__((mode(x)))

?