compiler: add macro for GCC weak symbols

This lets us provide a default implementation of a symbol which targets can
override.

Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>

diff --git a/compiler.h b/compiler.h
index 736e77075ae47d9707946f982478e78d764b0fff..f76921e5b059f16857e3cc136089358c275681be 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler.h
+++ b/compiler.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #  define GCC_ATTR __attribute__((__unused__, format(gnu_printf, 1, 2)))
 #  define GCC_FMT_ATTR(n, m) __attribute__((format(gnu_printf, n, m)))
 # endif
+#define GCC_WEAK __attribute__((weak))
 #else
 #define GCC_ATTR /**/
 #define GCC_FMT_ATTR(n, m)