Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753870AbYL0Ire (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:47:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751905AbYL0IrZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:47:25 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:60497 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751538AbYL0IrZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:47:25 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:47:08 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Mike Frysinger , tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace Message-ID: <20081227084708.GA16077@elte.hu> References: <1230360604-6711-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> <20081227071208.GB27736@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081227071208.GB27736@uranus.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 883 Lines: 24 * Sam Ravnborg 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. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/