Messages in this thread | | | From | Mike Frysinger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace | Date | Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:21:35 -0500 |
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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 [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |