1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index f6bf9b1308..70243dcb26 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
+ * __maybe_unused is equivalent to the Linux kernel definition, so we
+ * can follow the Kernel style guide more closely.
+ *
+ * An example use case is a function which is only used under certain
+ * CONFIG options.
+ */
+#ifndef __maybe_unused
+#define __maybe_unused __attribute__((unused))
+#endif
+
+/*
  * externally_visible is required by GCC to avoid kicking out memset.
  */
 #ifndef __visible