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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace
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On Saturday 27 December 2008 03:47:08 Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 01:50:04AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > Use __asm__/__inline__ rather than asm/inline for all the functions
> > > exported to userspace.
> >
> > I will imagine that we will see cleanup patches converting
> > these back to inline/asm.
> > How about doing this conversion as part of the headers_install.pl
> > script so we know it is always correct?
> >
> > Then we can keep the familiar inline/asm in the kernel headers
> > and always use the correct __asm__, __inline__ version for our
> > exported headers.
>
> or name it __asm__exported__ to make sure it isnt cleaned up away.

i think we can try the automated approach first as that'll make things easier
on everyone ... but if it doesnt work out, this sounds like a reasonable
solution to keep things sane.
-mike
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