linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2/16] x86_64: Assembly safe page.h and pgtable.h

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Message-Id: <200611131817.01066.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:17:00 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	vgoyal@...ibm.com
Cc:	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Reloc Kernel List <fastboot@...ts.osdl.org>,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, akpm@...l.org, hpa@...or.com,
	magnus.damm@...il.com, lwang@...hat.com, dzickus@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2/16] x86_64: Assembly safe page.h and pgtable.h

On Monday 13 November 2006 17:28, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> 
> This patch makes pgtable.h and page.h safe to include
> in assembly files like head.S.  Allowing us to use
> symbolic constants instead of hard coded numbers when
> refering to the page tables.

Hmm, I think the ULs are probably not needed anyways. What
happens when you just drop them even for C? You shouldn't get any 
new warnings i hope.

-Andi
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