Re: [PATCH] x86: linker script syntax nits

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 10/14/2009 11:38 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> We could introduce a COMPAT_ASSERT() wrapper perhaps, to move it more in 
> line with the 'official' syntax.
> 
> Or we could wrap ASSERT() itself (this runs through the preprocessor 
> before going to the linker) - although that would be a pretty obfuscated 
> move.
> 
> At minimum we should add a comment to the first use of ASSERT() here 
> that we assign the current address due to compatibility reasons. (same 
> goes for arch/x86/boot/setup.ld)
> 
> Anyway - any such cleanup would be .33 material.
> 

The tricky part about wrapping ASSERT() is that you have to have a sink
for the old versions of ld.  We use . as the sink, but that changes .
which you don't want to do silently.

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.

	-hpa