compiler: introduce __alias(symbol) shortcut

[cascardo/linux.git] / include / linux / compiler-gcc.h

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 02ae99e..cdf13ca 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #define __deprecated                   __attribute__((deprecated))
 #define __packed                       __attribute__((packed))
 #define __weak                         __attribute__((weak))
+#define __alias(symbol)                __attribute__((alias(#symbol)))
 
 /*
  * it doesn't make sense on ARM (currently the only user of __naked) to trace