mac-rom-simm-programmer/LUFA/Common/Attributes.h

/*
             LUFA Library
     Copyright (C) Dean Camera, 2011.

  dean [at] fourwalledcubicle [dot] com
           www.lufa-lib.org
*/

/*
  Copyright 2011  Dean Camera (dean [at] fourwalledcubicle [dot] com)

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*/

/** \file
 *  \brief Special function/variable attribute macros.
 *
 *  \copydetails Group_FuncVarAttributes
 *
 *  \note Do not include this file directly, rather include the Common.h header file instead to gain this file's
 *        functionality.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_Common
 *  \defgroup Group_FuncVarAttributes Function/Variable Attributes
 *  \brief Special function/variable attribute macros.
 *
 *  This module contains macros for applying specific attributes to functions and variables to control various
 *  optimizer and code generation features of the compiler. Attributes may be placed in the function prototype
 *  or variable declaration in any order, and multiple attributes can be specified for a single item via a space
 *  separated list.
 *
 *  On incompatible versions of GCC or on other compilers, these macros evaluate to nothing unless they are
 *  critical to the code's function and thus must throw a compile error when used.
 *
 *  @{
 */

#ifndef __LUFA_FUNCATTR_H__
#define __LUFA_FUNCATTR_H__

	/* Preprocessor Checks: */
		#if !defined(__INCLUDE_FROM_COMMON_H)
			#error Do not include this file directly. Include LUFA/Common/Common.h instead to gain this functionality.
		#endif

	/* Public Interface - May be used in end-application: */
		/* Macros: */
			#if (__GNUC__ >= 3) || defined(__DOXYGEN__)
				/** Indicates to the compiler that the function can not ever return, so that any stack restoring or
				 *  return code may be omitted by the compiler in the resulting binary.
				 */
				#define ATTR_NO_RETURN              __attribute__ ((noreturn))

				/** Indicates that the function returns a value which should not be ignored by the user code. When
				 *  applied, any ignored return value from calling the function will produce a compiler warning.
				 */
				#define ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT     __attribute__ ((warn_unused_result))

				/** Indicates that the specified parameters of the function are pointers which should never be \c NULL.
				 *  When applied as a 1-based comma separated list the compiler will emit a warning if the specified
				 *  parameters are known at compiler time to be \c NULL at the point of calling the function.
				 */
				#define ATTR_NON_NULL_PTR_ARG(...)  __attribute__ ((nonnull (__VA_ARGS__)))

				/** Removes any preamble or postamble from the function. When used, the function will not have any
				 *  register or stack saving code. This should be used with caution, and when used the programmer
				 *  is responsible for maintaining stack and register integrity.
				 */
				#define ATTR_NAKED                  __attribute__ ((naked))

				/** Prevents the compiler from considering a specified function for in-lining. When applied, the given
				 *  function will not be in-lined under any circumstances.
				 */
				#define ATTR_NO_INLINE              __attribute__ ((noinline))

				/** Forces the compiler to inline the specified function. When applied, the given function will be
				 *  in-lined under all circumstances.
				 */
				#define ATTR_ALWAYS_INLINE          __attribute__ ((always_inline))

				/** Indicates that the specified function is pure, in that it has no side-effects other than global
				 *  or parameter variable access.
				 */
				#define ATTR_PURE                   __attribute__ ((pure))

				/** Indicates that the specified function is constant, in that it has no side effects other than
				 *  parameter access.
				 */
				#define ATTR_CONST                  __attribute__ ((const))

				/** Marks a given function as deprecated, which produces a warning if the function is called. */
				#define ATTR_DEPRECATED             __attribute__ ((deprecated))

				/** Marks a function as a weak reference, which can be overridden by other functions with an
				 *  identical name (in which case the weak reference is discarded at link time).
				 */
				#define ATTR_WEAK                   __attribute__ ((weak))
			#endif

			/** Forces the compiler to not automatically zero the given global variable on startup, so that the
			 *  current RAM contents is retained. Under most conditions this value will be random due to the
			 *  behaviour of volatile memory once power is removed, but may be used in some specific circumstances,
			 *  like the passing of values back after a system watchdog reset.
			 */
			#define ATTR_NO_INIT                    __attribute__ ((section (".noinit")))

			/** Places the function in one of the initialization sections, which execute before the main function
			 *  of the application. Refer to the avr-libc manual for more information on the initialization sections.
			 *
			 *  \param[in] SectionIndex  Initialization section number where the function should be placed.
			 */
			#define ATTR_INIT_SECTION(SectionIndex) __attribute__ ((used, naked, section (".init" #SectionIndex )))

			/** Marks a function as an alias for another function.
			 *
			 *  \param[in] Func  Name of the function which the given function name should alias.
			 */
			#define ATTR_ALIAS(Func)               __attribute__ ((alias( #Func )))
			
			/** Marks a variable or struct element for packing into the smallest space available, omitting any
			 *  alignment bytes usually added between fields to optimize field accesses.
			 */
			#define ATTR_PACKED                     __attribute__ ((packed))

			/** Indicates the minimum alignment in bytes for a variable or struct element.
			 * 
			 *  \param[in] Bytes  Minimum number of bytes the item should be aligned to.
			 */
			#define ATTR_ALIGNED(Bytes)            __attribute__ ((aligned(Bytes)))
#endif

/** @} */