* Jakub Jelinek:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 07:11:09PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Jakub Jelinek:
>>
>> > + if (lookup_attribute ("used", attributes) == NULL)
>> > + attributes = tree_cons (get_identifier ("used"), NULL, attributes);
>>
>> Attribute “used” seems different to me from the rest. Based on the
>> documentation, I wouldn't expect it to have any action-at-a-distance
>> effect, just that an out-of-line copy is always emitted. It will
>> disable unused-function warnings, too, I think.
>
> "used" means the function may be used behind compiler's back in some other
> ways, so it sets DECL_PRESERVE_P which causes it not to be removed as
> unused, but also affects various other properties we want from the noipa
> functions.
Interesting. And other aspects of the noipa attribute will not have
this effect already?
I still wish there was a way to achieve this, without affecting the
decision whether the function is emitted and disabling the unused
warning.
