From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: Replaced gcc specific attributes with macros from compiler.h Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:39:31 +0800 Message-ID: <20170112163931.GB20085@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1483199783-31588-1-git-send-email-gidisrael@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, nhorman@tuxdriver.com, joe@perches.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org To: gidisrael@gmail.com Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1483199783-31588-1-git-send-email-gidisrael@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-crypto.vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 09:26:23PM +0530, gidisrael@gmail.com wrote: > From: Gideon Israel Dsouza > > Continuing from this commit: 52f5684c8e1e > ("kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...))") > > I submitted 4 total patches. They are part of task I've taken up to > increase compiler portability in the kernel. I've cleaned up the > subsystems under /kernel /mm /block and /security, this patch targets > /crypto. > > There is which provides macros for various gcc specific > constructs. Eg: __weak for __attribute__((weak)). I've cleaned all > instances of gcc specific attributes with the right macros for the crypto > subsystem. > > I had to make one additional change into compiler-gcc.h for the case when > one wants to use this: __attribute__((aligned) and not specify an alignment > factor. From the gcc docs, this will result in the largest alignment for > that data type on the target machine so I've named the macro > __aligned_largest. Please advise if another name is more appropriate. > > Signed-off-by: Gideon Israel Dsouza Patch applied. Thanks. -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt