On 2013-11-21 10:58, Vineet Gupta wrote: > On 11/01/2013 11:15 AM, Vineet Gupta wrote: >> +CC Sam, Tim, Joe, Michal, David >> >> Guys can you please take a look at this patch and suggest the best way to merge. >> >> The root cause is some gas ports (including ARC) use ';' for comment (vs. newline) >> More background at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/24/365 > > Ping ! Any objections to this. Given that this is exception case, it is simpler > than defining a Kconfig control. > > -Vineet >> >> >> On 10/29/2013 07:21 AM, Chen Gang wrote: >>> For some assemblers, they use another character as newline in a macro >>> (e.g. arc uses '`'), so for generic assembly code, need use ASM_NL (a >>> macro) instead of ';' for it. >>> >>> Also need notice about code styles ('\t' for each line). >>> >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h | 2 ++ >>> include/linux/linkage.h | 19 ++++++++++++------- >>> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h >>> index 0283e9e..66ee552 100644 >>> --- a/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h >>> +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h >>> @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ >>> >>> #ifdef __ASSEMBLY__ >>> >>> +#define ASM_NL ` /* use '`' to mark new line in macro */ >>> + >>> /* Can't use the ENTRY macro in linux/linkage.h >>> * gas considers ';' as comment vs. newline >>> */ >>> diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h >>> index d3e8ad2..a6a42dd 100644 >>> --- a/include/linux/linkage.h >>> +++ b/include/linux/linkage.h >>> @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ >>> #include <linux/export.h> >>> #include <asm/linkage.h> >>> >>> +/* Some toolchains use other characters (e.g. '`') to mark new line in macro */ >>> +#ifndef ASM_NL >>> +#define ASM_NL ; >>> +#endif >>> + >>> #ifdef __cplusplus >>> #define CPP_ASMLINKAGE extern "C" >>> #else >>> @@ -75,21 +80,21 @@ >>> >>> #ifndef ENTRY >>> #define ENTRY(name) \ >>> - .globl name; \ >>> - ALIGN; \ >>> - name: >>> + .globl name ASM_NL \ >>> + ALIGN ASM_NL \ >>> + name: >>> #endif >>> #endif /* LINKER_SCRIPT */ >>> >>> #ifndef WEAK >>> #define WEAK(name) \ >>> - .weak name; \ >>> + .weak name ASM_NL \ >>> name: >>> #endif >>> >>> #ifndef END >>> #define END(name) \ >>> - .size name, .-name >>> + .size name, .-name >>> #endif >>> >>> /* If symbol 'name' is treated as a subroutine (gets called, and returns) >>> @@ -98,8 +103,8 @@ >>> */ >>> #ifndef ENDPROC >>> #define ENDPROC(name) \ >>> - .type name, @function; \ >>> - END(name) >>> + .type name, @function ASM_NL \ >>> + END(name) >>> #endif >>> >>> #endif >>> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
