Re: [PATCH] byteorder: force in-place endian conversion to alwaysevaluate args

[H. Peter Anvin]

Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > For what it's worth, the way to write a macro like this:
> >
> > #define __cpu_to_be64s(x) ((void)(x))
>
> If you've looked at the byteorder rework I've done in -mm, these get
> unified in a single include/linux/byteorder.h and look like:

[inline functions]

What I meant with the above, was that it seems poorly understood how to 
write an empty "function-like" macro.

Obviously, inline functions don't have this problem, and is generally 
better anyway (type-safe even in the empty condition, for example.)

	-hpa

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