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compiler.h: add support for function attribute assume_aligned

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gcc 4.9 added the function attribute assume_aligned, indicating to the
caller that the returned pointer may be assumed to have a certain minimal
alignment.  This is useful if, for example, the return value is passed to
memset().  Add a shorthand macro for that.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Rasmus Villemoes 2015-11-05 18:45:02 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent fda901241f
commit a744fd17b5
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include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
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@ -210,6 +210,23 @@
#define __visible __attribute__((externally_visible))
#endif
#if GCC_VERSION >= 40900
/*
* __assume_aligned(n, k): Tell the optimizer that the returned
* pointer can be assumed to be k modulo n. The second argument is
* optional (default 0), so we use a variadic macro to make the
* shorthand.
*
* Beware: Do not apply this to functions which may return
* ERR_PTRs. Also, it is probably unwise to apply it to functions
* returning extra information in the low bits (but in that case the
* compiler should see some alignment anyway, when the return value is
* massaged by 'flags = ptr & 3; ptr &= ~3;').
*/
#define __assume_aligned(a, ...) __attribute__((__assume_aligned__(a, ## __VA_ARGS__)))
#endif
/*
* GCC 'asm goto' miscompiles certain code sequences:
*

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include/linux/compiler.h
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@ -417,6 +417,14 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
#define __visible
#endif
/*
* Assume alignment of return value.
*/
#ifndef __assume_aligned
#define __assume_aligned(a, ...)
#endif
/* Are two types/vars the same type (ignoring qualifiers)? */
#ifndef __same_type
# define __same_type(a, b) __builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a), typeof(b))