commit f3fe866d59d707c7a2bba0b23add078e19edb3dc
author Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Sun Jan 20 18:54:48 2008 +0100
committer Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Mon Jan 28 23:21:17 2008 +0100
tree e255f81f9401adcaffc101af20ecf54bba033479
parent 01ba2bdc6b639764745ff678caf3fb9e5bcd745a

compiler.h: introduce __section()

Add a new helper: __section() that makes a section definition
much shorter and more readable.

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

include/linux/compiler.h

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index c68b67b..e0114a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -175,4 +175,9 @@
 #define __cold
 #endif
 
+/* Simple shorthand for a section definition */
+#ifndef __section
+# define __section(S) __attribute__ ((__section__(#S)))
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */