Comment # 2 on bug 1196279 from Jiri Slaby

(In reply to Jiri Slaby from comment #1)
> Maybe it's __diagnose_as which is causing the recursion, defined in
> include/linux/compiler_attributes.h as:
> #if __has_attribute(__diagnose_as_builtin__)
> # define __diagnose_as(builtin...)     
> __attribute__((__diagnose_as_builtin__(builtin)))
> #else
> # define __diagnose_as(builtin...)
> #endif

Or not, it's not supported by gcc, so it expands to nothing.