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For some reason the attribute is called __attribute_const__ and not __const, marks functions that have no observable effects on program state, IOW not reading pointers, just the arguments and calculating a value. Allows the compiler to do some optimizations, based on -Wsuggest-attribute=const . The effects are rather small, though, about 60 bytes decrese of btrfs.ko. Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.