Re: [BUG] new MIPS compile error on v5.15.27

From: Maciej W. Rozycki
Date: Thu Mar 10 2022 - 11:48:27 EST


On Thu, 10 Mar 2022, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> Please fix <asm/asm.h>. The most trivial fix might be to only defined
> END() under __ASSEMBLY__, although in the long run it probably wants a
> better name as well.

FWIW the END macro has its roots in IRIX if not MIPSCO. It's been around
for some 30 years if not more. MIPS/ULTRIX may have had it too, as it's
originally all ECOFF stuff, i.e. `.end', `.ent', `.frame', etc. assembly
pseudo-ops for symbol/debug information.

Maciej