linux-kernel - Re: [patch] make hdrscheck.sh force __asm_

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:17:46 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] make hdrscheck.sh force __asm__ in exported headers

On Monday 18 June 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:54:24 -0400 Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org> wrote:
> > This updates scripts/hdrschecks.sh by grepping for asm() constructs and
> > rejecting them in favor of __asm__() in exported headers.
>
> And does the kernel pass these checks?

nope ... should i audit the arches before this gets merged ?

> Which architectures have been tested?

i386 passes, blackfin/x86_64 fail a simple asm/unistd.h, and x86_64 fails a 
bunch in asm/msr.h, but last time i tried to patch that, the maintainer said 
they were going to be hiding a bunch of that stuff anyways
-mike

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