summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler_attributes.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler_attributes.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index 445e80517cab..96a4ed11b4be 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
/*
* Note: do not use this directly. Instead, use __alloc_size() since it is conditionally
- * available and includes other attributes.
+ * available and includes other attributes. For GCC < 9.1, __alloc_size__ gets undefined
+ * in compiler-gcc.h, due to misbehaviors.
*
* gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-alloc_005fsize-function-attribute
* clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#alloc-size