Re: [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
> 

Seems better to do it automatically.  We end up with cleaner-looking
code that way, too.

It doesn't solve the need for symbols in inline functions in exported
headers to have __ prefixes, though.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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