linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] x86_64: re-add a newline to RESTORE

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Message-Id: <200701092343.01112.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 9 Jan 2007 23:43:00 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, discuss@...-64.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Steven M. Christey" <coley@...re.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] x86_64: re-add a newline to RESTORE_CONTEXT


> 
> But the patch is a bugfix.  Without it, you cannot do
> 
> 	RESTORE_CONTEXT	\
> 	.globl ...	\
> 
> Was the addition of this restriction to RESTORE_CONTEXT deliberate, or
> mistaken?

RESTORE_CONTEXT is a private macro and I don't see why we should
support out of tree usages for that. As long as it works as it is 
in the tree it is fine.

-Andi
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