Re: [PATCH 1/2] byteorder: add load/store_{endian} API

[Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 16:37 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> >
> > Although gcc (4.4) grew support for __builtin_constant_p in static 
> > inlines, older gcc's don't, so we would lose that with essentially all 
> > current compilers.
> 
> We've used __builtin_constant_p in inline functions for a long time.
> 
> Look at kmalloc() in <linux/slab_dev.h>.
> 
> I do agree that it's a "new" feature, but I don't think it's _that_ new. I 
> think it goes back to something like 3.2 rather than 4.4.
> 
> Although I also would not be surprised if this is one of those "gcc 
> version of the day" things, where some versions do it, others don't.
> 
> So it's quite possible that it depends a bit on just how many dead cats 
> you have offered, and whether you ran widdershins or turnwise around the 
> computer when you turned it on.
> 

OK, static inline it is then. Would you be opposed to an API like:

get_le16
put_le16

to match with 
get_unaligned_le16
put_unaligned_le16

And make the existing unaligned helpers typesafe?

Harvey