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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: asm-x86/byteorder.h: clean up for userspace
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 13:17:11 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200801011317.13027.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080101174708.GA25089@infradead.org>

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On Tuesday 01 January 2008, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 01:12:45PM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Since asm-x86/byteorder.h is exported to userspace, use __asm__ rather
> > than asm in its code.
>
> The correct fix is to not export it to userspace.

which is what people complained last time and upon further investigation, it 
isnt trivial to remove.  so until then, it should be made clean.  especially 
considering the proposed changes are perfectly fine when used inside and 
outside of the kernel.
-mike

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-01 18:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-31 18:12 asm-x86/byteorder.h: clean up for userspace Mike Frysinger
2008-01-01 15:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-01-01 17:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-01-01 18:17   ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2008-01-01 21:19   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-02  1:31     ` Adrian Bunk
2008-01-02  2:22       ` H. Peter Anvin

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