[PATCH] compiler_attribute: remove CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK

Masahiro Yamada masahiroy at kernel.org
Mon Nov 23 04:36:18 CET 2020


On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 5:45 AM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 8:44 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy at kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Our goal is to always enable __must_check where appreciate, so this
> > CONFIG option is no longer needed.
>
> This would be great. It also implies we can then move it to
> `compiler_attributes.h` since it does not depend on config options
> anymore.
>
> We should also rename it to `__nodiscard`, since that is the
> standardized name (coming soon to C2x and in C++ for years).
>
> Cc'ing the Clang folks too to make them aware.
>

I can move it to compiler_attribute.h

This attribute is supported by gcc, clang, and icc.
https://godbolt.org/z/ehd6so

I can send v2.



I do not mind renaming, but it should be done in a separate patch.




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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada


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