linux-kernel - Re: [git pull -tip] headers_check fixes for other architectures

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Date:	Fri, 6 Feb 2009 18:24:53 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	hskinnemoen@...el.com, cooloney@...nel.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com, matthew@....cx, chris@...kel.net,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull -tip] headers_check fixes for other architectures

> 
> Is this safe OR we can make it more safer:
> 
> Subject: [PATCH] make linux/types.h as assembly safe
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/types.h |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
> index 712ca53..c30973a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/types.h
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  #ifndef _LINUX_TYPES_H
>  #define _LINUX_TYPES_H
>  
> +#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>  #ifdef	__KERNEL__
>  
>  #define DECLARE_BITMAP(name,bits) \
> @@ -212,5 +213,5 @@ struct ustat {
>  };
>  
>  #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
> -
> +#endif /*  __ASSEMBLY__ */
>  #endif /* _LINUX_TYPES_H */

This is wrong...
We should include the assumed assembly safe asm/types.h
outside the __ASEMBLY__ ifdef.

	Sam
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