Index: include/clang/Basic/Attr.td =================================================================== --- include/clang/Basic/Attr.td +++ include/clang/Basic/Attr.td @@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ def GNUInline : InheritableAttr { let Spellings = [GCC<"gnu_inline">]; let Subjects = SubjectList<[Function]>; - let Documentation = [Undocumented]; + let Documentation = [GnuInlineDocs]; } def Hot : InheritableAttr { Index: include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td =================================================================== --- include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td +++ include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td @@ -3505,3 +3505,22 @@ invoking clang with -fno-c++-static-destructors. }]; } + +def GnuInlineDocs : Documentation { + let Category = DocCatFunction; + let Content = [{ +The ``gnu_inline`` attribute specifies that a function marked ``extern inline`` +should follow the GNU inline extension that if the function cannot be inlined +(possibly due to being referred to by function pointer), then no out of line +definition will be emitted (instead of c99's behaviour of always emitting an +out of line definition). + +If ``__GNUC_STDC_INLINE__`` is defined, then the current translation unit is +not being compiled with ``gnu_inline`` semantics, and the ``gnu_inline`` +function attribute can be used to get GNU inline semantics on a per function basis. +If ``__GNUC_STDC_INLINE__`` is not defined, then the translation unit is +already being compiled with GNU inline semantics as the implied default. + +This is the default behavior with ``-std=gnu89`` or ``-fgnu89-inline``. + }]; +}