Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Lutomirski <> | Date | Fri, 18 May 2018 12:41:00 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 17/28] x86/asm: use SYM_INNER_LABEL instead of GLOBAL |
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On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 2:17 AM Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> wrote:
> GLOBAL had several meanings and is going away. In this patch, convert > all the inner function labels marked with GLOBAL to use SYM_INNER_LABEL > instead.
> Note that retint_user needs not be global, perhaps since commit > 2ec67971facc ("x86/entry/64/compat: Remove most of the fast system call > machinery"), where entry_64_compat's caller was removed. So mark the > label as LOCAL.
> -GLOBAL(entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe) > +SYM_INNER_LABEL(entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
I've missed all the context here. I agree that GLOBAL is misleading, and "inner label" is nice. But this is a rather wordy macro. Would:
INNER_LABEL_GLOBAL(name)
be better? (With just INNER_LABEL(name) for the local version?)
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