Merge tag 'compiler-attributes-for-linus-4.20-rc1' of https://github.com/ojeda/linux

Pull compiler attribute updates from Miguel Ojeda:
 "This is an effort to disentangle the include/linux/compiler*.h headers
  and bring them up to date.

  The main idea behind the series is to use feature checking macros
  (i.e. __has_attribute) instead of compiler version checks (e.g.
  GCC_VERSION), which are compiler-agnostic (so they can be shared,
  reducing the size of compiler-specific headers) and version-agnostic.

  Other related improvements have been performed in the headers as well,
  which on top of the use of __has_attribute it has amounted to a
  significant simplification of these headers (e.g. GCC_VERSION is now
  only guarding a few non-attribute macros).

  This series should also help the efforts to support compiling the
  kernel with clang and icc. A fair amount of documentation and comments
  have also been added, clarified or removed; and the headers are now
  more readable, which should help kernel developers in general.

  The series was triggered due to the move to gcc >= 4.6. In turn, this
  series has also triggered Sparse to gain the ability to recognize
  __has_attribute on its own.

  Finally, the __nonstring variable attribute series has been also
  applied on top; plus two related patches from Nick Desaulniers for
  unreachable() that came a bit afterwards"

* tag 'compiler-attributes-for-linus-4.20-rc1' of https://github.com/ojeda/linux:
  compiler-gcc: remove comment about gcc 4.5 from unreachable()
  compiler.h: update definition of unreachable()
  Compiler Attributes: ext4: remove local __nonstring definition
  Compiler Attributes: auxdisplay: panel: use __nonstring
  Compiler Attributes: enable -Wstringop-truncation on W=1 (gcc >= 8)
  Compiler Attributes: add support for __nonstring (gcc >= 8)
  Compiler Attributes: add MAINTAINERS entry
  Compiler Attributes: add Doc/process/programming-language.rst
  Compiler Attributes: remove uses of __attribute__ from compiler.h
  Compiler Attributes: KENTRY used twice the "used" attribute
  Compiler Attributes: use feature checks instead of version checks
  Compiler Attributes: add missing SPDX ID in compiler_types.h
  Compiler Attributes: remove unneeded sparse (__CHECKER__) tests
  Compiler Attributes: homogenize __must_be_array
  Compiler Attributes: remove unneeded tests
  Compiler Attributes: always use the extra-underscores syntax
  Compiler Attributes: remove unused attributes

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diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index bb97067d0568..f4855974f325 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3737,6 +3737,11 @@ L:	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
 
+COMPILER ATTRIBUTES
+M:	Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
+S:	Maintained
+F:	include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+
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