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authorSami Kerola2018-10-06 13:31:09 +0200
committerSami Kerola2018-11-21 21:54:18 +0100
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include/c: use returns_nonnull function attribute in xalloc.h
Let the compiler optimize based on the knowledge that the return value will never be null. Reference: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/281112/#631159 Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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diff --git a/include/c.h b/include/c.h
index b769b5843..8b2a2d19a 100644
--- a/include/c.h
+++ b/include/c.h
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@
# endif
#endif
+#if (__GNUC__ >= 5) || ((__GNUC__ >= 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9))
+# define __ul_returns_nonnull __attribute__((returns_nonnull))
+#else
+# define __ul_returns_nonnull
+#endif
+
/*
* Force a compilation error if condition is true, but also produce a
* result (of value 0 and type size_t), so the expression can be used