Add a comment explaining the obscure lines:

    static void const * const __set_##set##_sym_##sym = &sym;

in the MAKE_SET macros.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sys/sys/linker_set.h b/sys/sys/linker_set.h
index a4736a5..f6a04ae 100644
--- a/sys/sys/linker_set.h
+++ b/sys/sys/linker_set.h
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
  * are collected by the linker into a `struct linker_set' as defined below.
  * For ELF, this is done by constructing a separate segment for each set.
  * For a.out, it is done automatically by the linker.
+ *
+ * In the MAKE_SET macros below, the lines:
+ *
+ *   static void const * const __set_##set##_sym_##sym = &sym;
+ *
+ * are present only to prevent the compiler from producing bogus
+ * warnings about unused symbols.
  */
 #ifdef __ELF__