From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id A42F63858C50; Thu, 9 Feb 2023 11:53:17 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org A42F63858C50 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gcc.gnu.org; s=default; t=1675943597; bh=0y6mcdCDgK48ADfBoM+D92aPzegHI9HCs8oB+wzYqKg=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=ySAHHS/tkLHF4VeYbYqFBJCYDwqgkJmPJVaefHOKYpNWKbWMoQW6iUsaWOJUB+y3X 6ypc8fbEe8z/G31BMzpwp02zuPhtSY3TgiKt+mibdWuJNMj85XI3nhzfbnRTIf8eS7 r2FKLcOAMzz5I2xOf/jiBLsIrujlNLdK2NXT9Y3c= From: "rearnsha at gcc dot gnu.org" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug ipa/108470] Missing documentation for alternate uses of __attribute__((noinline)) Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 11:53:17 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: ipa X-Bugzilla-Version: 12.2.0 X-Bugzilla-Keywords: documentation X-Bugzilla-Severity: minor X-Bugzilla-Who: rearnsha at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Status: NEW X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D108470 --- Comment #3 from Richard Earnshaw --- The manual entry for this says "This attribute is supported mainly for the purpose of testing the compiler." which suggests a lack of long-term commitment to = the option. Perhaps it would be better to remove that. In some ways the analogy is with "-fast-math" which is a short-hand for a number of other flags but not guaranteed to be only those options - althoug= h in this case 'noipa' is, I think, intended to be conservatively safe.=