Re: [patch] use __attribute__ in asm-powerpc

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

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On Monday 16 July 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Pretty much everyone uses "__attribute__" or "attribute", no one
> > uses "__attribute".  This patch tweaks the three places in asm-powerpc
> > where this comes up.  While only asm-powerpc/types.h is interesting (for
> > userspace), I did asm-powerpc/processor.h as well for consistency.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
> > b/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h index d947b16..2ce6ea6 100644
> > --- a/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
> > @@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ struct thread_struct {
> >  	unsigned long	dabr;		/* Data address breakpoint register */
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
> >  	/* Complete AltiVec register set */
> > -	vector128	vr[32] __attribute((aligned(16)));
> > +	vector128	vr[32] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
>
> If the code is not exported to userspace (and thus not subject to different
> compilers), I think the preferred form is plain `attribute'.

i never said asm-powerpc/processor.h was exported to userspace ... i did say 
that i changed the file to be consistent with all other files.
-mike

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