From: Dave.Martin@arm.com (Dave Martin)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/4] ARM: Allow assembler.h to be used with inline asm
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 16:00:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131009150054.GB2306@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131009144211.GJ25034@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 03:42:11PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 03:29:50PM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> > There are a few things in assembler.h that would be useful with
> > inline asm, but currently assembler.h refuses to be included into C
> > files.
> >
> > In particular, the optional feature macros (PLD() and friends) can
> > be used sensibly with inline asm, with a string argument.
> >
> > This patch enables the relevant parts of aassembler.h to be
> > included in C files and used in inline asm.
> >
> > Since assembler.h by definition can't be included in any C file up
> > to now, this should not introduce any namespace clashes.
>
> I think it would be better to move the two macros (PLD and CALGN) out of
> this file, rather than covering almost the entire file with this #ifdef.
Certainly we could do that. When I started this hack, I though that a
larger proportion of the file would be relevant...
Any thoughts on a sensible name? asm/asm-common.h, maybe?
Cheers
---Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-09 15:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-09 14:29 [RFC PATCH 0/4] ARM: Unify const-swabbing and conditional asm Dave Martin
2013-10-09 14:29 ` [RFC PATCH 1/4] ARM: Allow assembler.h to be used with inline asm Dave Martin
2013-10-09 14:42 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-10-09 15:00 ` Dave Martin [this message]
2013-10-09 15:32 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-10-09 14:29 ` [RFC PATCH 2/4] ARM: Add common compile-time swab32 for asm code Dave Martin
2013-10-09 14:29 ` [RFC PATCH 3/4] ARM: Add const cpu_to_le32 for asm Dave Martin
2013-10-09 14:29 ` [RFC PATCH 4/4] drivers/bus: arm-cci: Fix CCI enable code for BE32 Dave Martin
[not found] <20131009161006.GC2306@localhost.localdomain>
2013-10-09 16:54 ` [RFC PATCH 1/4] ARM: Allow assembler.h to be used with inline asm Nicolas Pitre
[not found] <20131009171202.GD2306@localhost.localdomain>
2013-10-09 17:27 ` Nicolas Pitre
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