[PATCH 1/3] cdefs.h: Define __COLD

Sergey Bugaev bugaevc@gmail.com
Sat Apr 29 13:12:21 GMT 2023


This expands to __attribute__ ((cold)) when supported. It should be
used to mark up functions that are invoked rarely.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Bugaev <bugaevc@gmail.com>
---

I can change __COLD to __attribute_cold__ if that is preferred.

 misc/sys/cdefs.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/misc/sys/cdefs.h b/misc/sys/cdefs.h
index 23ec0ebd..8eec4b94 100644
--- a/misc/sys/cdefs.h
+++ b/misc/sys/cdefs.h
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@
 #  endif
 # endif
 
+# if __GNUC_PREREQ (4, 3) || __glibc_has_attribute (__cold__)
+#  define __COLD	__attribute__ ((__cold__))
+# else
+#  define __COLD
+# endif
+
 #else	/* Not GCC or clang.  */
 
 # if (defined __cplusplus						\
-- 
2.40.1



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