Re: [PATCH] x86: fix and improve cmpxchg_double{,_local}()

[Eric Dumazet]

Le mardi 03 janvier 2012 Ã 16:08 +0000, Jan Beulich a Ãcrit :

> "1" and "672" are both local labels, so both are okay. As long as there's
> no other (colliding) use of 672 anywhere, that would seem to be the
> preferred fix (feel free to put my ack on the patch when you formally
> submit it).

I was referring the use of a label local to the macro itself, with
restricted scope.

following psudi code would trigger an asm error :

	.macro FOO
	.local_label 1
1:	lock
        .section .smp_locks,"a"
        .balign 4
        .long 1b - .
        .previous
	.endm


	FOO
	jne 1b



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