Re: [PATCH] scripts: headers_install.sh: Normalize __ASSEMBLY__ to __ASSEMBLER__

From: Nathan Chancellor

Date: Sat Jun 13 2026 - 12:57:52 EST


On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 12:13:53PM +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 08:58:08PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > On 2026-03-24 11:35:01-0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 06:05:34PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > > > On 2026-03-13 16:56:18-0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > > > It sounds like the "< GCC 3.0" part of that might not be true based on
> > > > > Maciej's research?
> > > > >
> > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/alpine.DEB.2.21.2603101412520.63708@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > >
> > > > Yes, indeed. In my opinion the consistency aspect is still sufficient
> > > > to have this change. What do you think?
> > >
> > > Yes, I think so. Will you keep it as going from __ASSEMBLY__ to
> > > __ASSEMBLER__? It probably makes more sense that way given there should
> > > be no regressions on the compiler side and that is the intended end
> > > result?
> >
> > I would have stuck to the old name '__ASSEMBLY__', just for robustness
> > and because we are late in the cycle.
> > Then we can switch it early in the next cycle.
>
> What's the state with this? Shall this show up in linux-next early this
> cycle?

This fell off my radar. I think the commit message needs some small
updates based on my review upthread but once resent, we should be able
to take it when 7.2-rc1 is out?

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Cheers,
Nathan