On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 11:04:48AM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: > Frederik Deweerdt wrote: > >>How about this one instead then: > >Well, the warning you get is not that obvious: > >test.c: In function 'main': > >test.c:11: warning: 'deprecated_irqf' is deprecated > >And as far as I could test ... which apparently was not enough :) > >(gcc 4.1.1 and gcc 3.4.3), Arjan's comment is > >not true, the "static const int" don't use extra space, they get > >optimized away by the compiler (see http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/9/106). > > gcc 3.2 should be tested as well, that is still supported by the kernel, and > versions before 3.4 did not have unit-at-a-time optimizations. Sorry for the delay. I've setup a 3.2.3 gcc and, indeed, the symbols make their way in the binary...
$ gcc-3.2.3 -O2 -c dont_use_flag.c $ nm dont_use_flag.o 00000000 r SA_INTERRUPT 00000000 T main U printf Regards, Frederik - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/