What is "__attribute__()" in kernel code

[rohan puri]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:53 PM, anish singh <anish198519851985 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:28 PM, sandeep kumar
> <coolsandyforyou at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was wondering what __attribute__ does in the kernel code?
> > I found several definitions but couldnot come to one conclusion..
> >
> > __releases(x)  is defined in compiler.h. What does this mean??
> > # define __releases(x)                  __attribute__((context(x,1,0)))
> GCC directive ?
> > Thanking you
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> > Sandeep Kumar Anantapalli,
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Hi Anish,

Refer link http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/gnu-c-attributes.html

Regards,
Rohan Puri
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