#ifdef __KERNEL__
-#if __GNUC__ > 4
-#error no compiler-gcc.h file for this gcc version
-#elif __GNUC__ == 4
+#if __GNUC__ >= 4
# include <linux/compiler-gcc4.h>
#elif __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2
# include <linux/compiler-gcc3.h>
* Allow us to avoid 'defined but not used' warnings on functions and data,
* as well as force them to be emitted to the assembly file.
*
- * As of gcc 3.3, static functions that are not marked with attribute((used))
- * may be elided from the assembly file. As of gcc 3.3, static data not so
+ * As of gcc 3.4, static functions that are not marked with attribute((used))
+ * may be elided from the assembly file. As of gcc 3.4, static data not so
* marked will not be elided, but this may change in a future gcc version.
*
+ * NOTE: Because distributions shipped with a backported unit-at-a-time
+ * compiler in gcc 3.3, we must define __used to be __attribute__((used))
+ * for gcc >=3.3 instead of 3.4.
+ *
* In prior versions of gcc, such functions and data would be emitted, but
* would be warned about except with attribute((unused)).
+ *
+ * Mark functions that are referenced only in inline assembly as __used so
+ * the code is emitted even though it appears to be unreferenced.
*/
#ifndef __attribute_used__
-# define __attribute_used__ /* unimplemented */
+# define __attribute_used__ /* deprecated */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __used
+# define __used /* unimplemented */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __maybe_unused
+# define __maybe_unused /* unimplemented */
#endif
/*