Re: [PATCH 1/2] ix86: adjust asm constraints in atomic64 wrappers

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Jan 18 2012 - 12:25:46 EST


On 01/18/2012 08:57 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:

For functions with nonstandard calling conventions it is normal to
declare them as void foo(void);

For the above, I'd like to keep atomic64_t in the signature. Would
void foo(atomic64_t, ...) be acceptable?


Sounds reasonable to me. It doesn't matter much.

>
>> It may be a good idea to prefix these symbols with __ though.
>
> But not in this patch. (Can't resist to add that if you think it
> should be this way, why did you not make it a condition for accepting
> theoriginal patch, which you committed?)
>

I didn't say "condition", I said "it may be a good idea". Agreed in not in this patch.

The other bit in all of that is that, guess what, some people with solid track records, like yourself, I generally trust to do things mostly right, and so I don't actually scrutinize quite as in depth as I would patches from other people. Every now and then it means I stumble upon something later after I have thought about it more. This is by and large fine.

-hpa
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