Re: [PATCH v2] arch: use ASM_NL instead of ';' for assembler newline character in the macro

From: Vineet Gupta
Date: Mon Jan 06 2014 - 00:36:33 EST


Hi Michal,

On Friday 03 January 2014 06:08 PM, Michal Marek wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>

Did you hit reply by mistake - as I can't seem to find any comments...

-Vineet
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