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Subject[PATCH 16/16] compiler_attributes.h: add note about __section
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The antipattern described can be found with:
$ grep -e __section\(\" -r -e __section__\(\"

Link: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42950
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
---
include/linux/compiler_attributes.h | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index 6b318efd8a74..f8c008d7f616 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -225,6 +225,16 @@
#define __pure __attribute__((__pure__))

/*
+ * Note: Since this macro makes use of the "stringification operator" `#`, a
+ * quoted string literal should not be passed to it. eg.
+ * prefer:
+ * __section(.foo)
+ * to:
+ * __section(".foo")
+ * unless the section name is dynamically built up, in which case the
+ * verbose __attribute__((__section__(".foo" x))) should be preferred.
+ * See also: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42950
+ *
* gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-section-function-attribute
* gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html#index-section-variable-attribute
* clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#section-declspec-allocate
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