Re: [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace

[Ingo Molnar]

* Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 01:50:04AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Use __asm__/__inline__ rather than asm/inline for all the functions
> > exported to userspace.
> 
> I will imagine that we will see cleanup patches converting
> these back to inline/asm.
> How about doing this conversion as part of the headers_install.pl
> script so we know it is always correct?
> 
> Then we can keep the familiar inline/asm in the kernel headers
> and always use the correct __asm__, __inline__ version for our
> exported headers.

or name it __asm__exported__ to make sure it isnt cleaned up away.

	Ingo
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