Re: [git pull -tip] headers_check fixes for other architectures

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Feb 06 2009 - 12:41:23 EST



* Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >
> > Is this safe OR we can make it more safer:
> >
> > Subject: [PATCH] make linux/types.h as assembly safe
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/types.h | 3 ++-
> > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
> > index 712ca53..c30973a 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/types.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/types.h
> > @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> > #ifndef _LINUX_TYPES_H
> > #define _LINUX_TYPES_H
> >
> > +#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> > #ifdef __KERNEL__
> >
> > #define DECLARE_BITMAP(name,bits) \
> > @@ -212,5 +213,5 @@ struct ustat {
> > };
> >
> > #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
> > -
> > +#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> > #endif /* _LINUX_TYPES_H */
>
> This is wrong...
> We should include the assumed assembly safe asm/types.h
> outside the __ASEMBLY__ ifdef.

agreed ...

Ingo
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