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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qemu/compiler: Define QEMU_ARTIFICIAL
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Peter Maydell |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qemu/compiler: Define QEMU_ARTIFICIAL |
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Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:58:47 -0700 |
On 16 September 2014 10:46, Richard Henderson <address@hidden> wrote:
> The combination of always_inline + artificial allows tiny inline
> functions to be written that do not interfere with debugging.
> In particular, gdb will not step into an artificial function.
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> The always_inline attribute was introduced in gcc 4.2,
> and the artificial attribute was introduced in gcc 4.3.
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> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <address@hidden>
clang can't handle the "artificial" attribute but it reports
itself as gcc 4.2 so that's OK.
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
-- PMM