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

[H. Peter Anvin]

Marcin Slusarz 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.
> 
> Why? I can't find anything related in Documentation/.

Because "asm" and "inline" are unsafe keywords in arbitrary C code, as
may be encountered in userspace.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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