Merge tag 'kbuild-fixes-v5.0-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / include / linux / compiler_attributes.h

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index 19f32b0c29af3ded16736b43b33604f910bac3dc..6b318efd8a7428042771b0b83f4e5c5846d46a9d 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #ifndef __has_attribute
 # define __has_attribute(x) __GCC4_has_attribute_##x
 # define __GCC4_has_attribute___assume_aligned__      (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9)
+# define __GCC4_has_attribute___copy__                0
 # define __GCC4_has_attribute___designated_init__     0
 # define __GCC4_has_attribute___externally_visible__  1
 # define __GCC4_has_attribute___noclone__             1
@@ -100,6 +101,19 @@
  */
 #define __attribute_const__             __attribute__((__const__))
 
+/*
+ * Optional: only supported since gcc >= 9
+ * Optional: not supported by clang
+ * Optional: not supported by icc
+ *
+ *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-copy-function-attribute
+ */
+#if __has_attribute(__copy__)
+# define __copy(symbol)                 __attribute__((__copy__(symbol)))
+#else
+# define __copy(symbol)
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Don't. Just don't. See commit 771c035372a0 ("deprecate the '__deprecated'
  * attribute warnings entirely and for good") for more information.