include/linux/compiler_types.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/compiler_types.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/linux/compiler_types.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 24182 bytes
- Lines
- 736
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/compiler-context-analysis.hlinux/compiler_attributes.hlinux/compiler-clang.hlinux/compiler-gcc.hasm/compiler.hasm/percpu_types.h
Detected Declarations
struct ftrace_branch_datastruct ftrace_likely_datafunction __chk_user_ptr
Annotated Snippet
struct ftrace_branch_data {
const char *func;
const char *file;
unsigned line;
union {
struct {
unsigned long correct;
unsigned long incorrect;
};
struct {
unsigned long miss;
unsigned long hit;
};
unsigned long miss_hit[2];
};
};
struct ftrace_likely_data {
struct ftrace_branch_data data;
unsigned long constant;
};
#if defined(CC_USING_HOTPATCH)
#define notrace __attribute__((hotpatch(0, 0)))
#elif defined(CC_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY)
#define notrace __attribute__((patchable_function_entry(0, 0)))
#else
#define notrace __attribute__((__no_instrument_function__))
#endif
/*
* it doesn't make sense on ARM (currently the only user of __naked)
* to trace naked functions because then mcount is called without
* stack and frame pointer being set up and there is no chance to
* restore the lr register to the value before mcount was called.
*/
#define __naked __attribute__((__naked__)) notrace
/*
* Prefer gnu_inline, so that extern inline functions do not emit an
* externally visible function. This makes extern inline behave as per gnu89
* semantics rather than c99. This prevents multiple symbol definition errors
* of extern inline functions at link time.
* A lot of inline functions can cause havoc with function tracing.
*/
#define inline inline __gnu_inline __inline_maybe_unused notrace
/*
* gcc provides both __inline__ and __inline as alternate spellings of
* the inline keyword, though the latter is undocumented. New kernel
* code should only use the inline spelling, but some existing code
* uses __inline__. Since we #define inline above, to ensure
* __inline__ has the same semantics, we need this #define.
*
* However, the spelling __inline is strictly reserved for referring
* to the bare keyword.
*/
#define __inline__ inline
/*
* GCC does not warn about unused static inline functions for -Wunused-function.
* Suppress the warning in clang as well by using __maybe_unused, but enable it
* for W=2 build. This will allow clang to find unused functions.
*/
#ifdef KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN2
#define __inline_maybe_unused
#else
#define __inline_maybe_unused __maybe_unused
#endif
/*
* Rather then using noinline to prevent stack consumption, use
* noinline_for_stack instead. For documentation reasons.
*/
#define noinline_for_stack noinline
/*
* Use noinline_for_tracing for functions that should not be inlined.
* For tracing reasons.
*/
#define noinline_for_tracing noinline
/*
* Sanitizer helper attributes: Because using __always_inline and
* __no_sanitize_* conflict, provide helper attributes that will either expand
* to __no_sanitize_* in compilation units where instrumentation is enabled
* (__SANITIZE_*__), or __always_inline in compilation units without
* instrumentation (__SANITIZE_*__ undefined).
*/
#ifdef __SANITIZE_ADDRESS__
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/compiler-context-analysis.h`, `linux/compiler_attributes.h`, `linux/compiler-clang.h`, `linux/compiler-gcc.h`, `asm/compiler.h`, `asm/percpu_types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct ftrace_branch_data`, `struct ftrace_likely_data`, `function __chk_user_ptr`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.