linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: Unify local

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Message-ID: <47656C00.6000501@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:18:40 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: Unify local_{32|64}.h

Harvey Harrison wrote:
> Introduce macros to deal with X86_32 using longs and X86_64
> using quads.  Small comment fixes to make files match.
>  
>  #define local_read(l)	atomic_long_read(&(l)->a)
>  #define local_set(l,i)	atomic_long_set(&(l)->a, (i))
> +/*
> + * X86_32 uses longs
> + * X86_64 uses quads
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> +# define ASM_INC incl
> +# define ASM_DEC decl
> +# define ASM_ADD addl
> +# define ASM_SUB subl
> +# define ASM_XADD xaddl
> +#else
> +# define ASM_INC incq
> +# define ASM_DEC decq
> +# define ASM_ADD addq
> +# define ASM_SUB subq
> +# define ASM_XADD xaddq
> +#endif
>  

Please put these in <asm/asm.h> using the _ASM_* namespace and include 
the quotation marks.

>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
>  # include "local_32.h"
> diff --git a/include/asm-x86/local_32.h b/include/asm-x86/local_32.h
> index f3bc4d9..ff6d1d2 100644
> --- a/include/asm-x86/local_32.h
> +++ b/include/asm-x86/local_32.h
> @@ -4,21 +4,21 @@
>  static inline void local_inc(local_t *l)
>  {
>  	__asm__ __volatile__(
> -		"incl %0"
> +		"ASM_INC %0"
>  		:"+m" (l->a.counter));

You're substituting a macro *inside* a string here.

	-hpa
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