Re: [PATCH] gcc 3.0.1 warnings about multi-line literals

[David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>]

"David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> wrote:   
>   /* try atomic lock inline, if that fails, spin out of line */
>   	"\tbtsl $1,%0\n"
>
> It's only gross because you decided to make it so, try:
> 
>   	"btsl $1,%0\n\t"

You can also do things like:

	"    btsl   $1,%0		\n"
	"    bne    2f			\n"
	"1:				\n"
	"    .section .text.lock	\n"
	"				\n"
	"2:  cmpl $0,%0			\n"
	"    bne 2b			\n"
	"    rep ; nop			\n"
	"    jmpl 1b			\n"
	"				\n"
	"    .section .previous		\n"

using tabs or spaces to pad out the assembly.

David