Re: [patch] use __asm__ and __volatile__ in i386/arm/s390 byteorder.h

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Jun 18 2007 - 14:35:07 EST


On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:33:28PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> This changes asm() to __asm__() and volatile to __volatile__ so that these
> headers can be used with gcc's -std=c99.

We should not allow inline assemly in the exported part of userspace headers
at all. These headers must only include defintions for the kernel <-> user
ABI, and should not include code at all.

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