Re: [PATCH v5 01/10] x86/asm: Add FP_SAVE/RESTORE frame pointer macros

[Jiri Kosina]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2015, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/func.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/func.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..4d62782
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/func.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
> > +#ifndef _ASM_X86_FUNC_H
> > +#define _ASM_X86_FUNC_H
> > +
> > +#include <linux/linkage.h>
> > +#include <asm/asm.h>
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * These are frame pointer save and restore macros.  They should be used by
> > + * every callable non-leaf asm function.
> > + */
> > +.macro FP_SAVE name
> > +	.if CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
> > +		push %_ASM_BP
> > +		_ASM_MOV %_ASM_SP, %_ASM_BP
> > +	.endif
> > +.endm
> 
> Hmm. This will not compile when included into .c file. Should it have
> other extension than .h? (Or can the macros be done in different way?

We have quite a few of .h headers in the kernel already which are supposed 
to be included only by .S files, so what exactly is the problem you are 
seeing here?

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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