kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...))
To increase compiler portability there is <linux/compiler.h> which
provides convenience macros for various gcc constructs. Eg: __weak for
__attribute__((weak)). I've replaced all instances of gcc attributes
with the right macro in the kernel subsystem.
Signed-off-by: Gideon Israel Dsouza <gidisrael@gmail.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
index e660964..2495a9b 100644
--- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/stat.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h> /* rcu_expedited */
@@ -162,8 +163,8 @@
/*
* Make /sys/kernel/notes give the raw contents of our kernel .notes section.
*/
-extern const void __start_notes __attribute__((weak));
-extern const void __stop_notes __attribute__((weak));
+extern const void __start_notes __weak;
+extern const void __stop_notes __weak;
#define notes_size (&__stop_notes - &__start_notes)
static ssize_t notes_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,