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From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
       Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>, x86@kernel.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: linker script syntax nits
In-Reply-To: H. Peter Anvin's message of  Thursday, 15 October 2009 10:17:20 -0700 <4AD75920.8000303@zytor.com>
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> The other -- and somewhat less cantankerous way -- is to use a dummy symbol:
> 
> #define LINUX_ASSERT(expr, name, string) name = ASSERT(expr, string)
> 
> "name" would have to be unique for each instance.

I wouldn't like to pollute the symtabs with those useless symbols.

#define LINUX_ASSERT(expr, string) PROVIDE(_assert_bogon = ASSERT(expr, string))

works with a recent ld.  I don't know what the problematic old ld versions
were.  Do you have such on hand to test?

Ian may have another suggestion.


Thanks,
Roland
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