linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc1] x86: fix readb() et al compile error with gcc-3.2.3

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Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:31:06 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc1] x86: fix readb() et al compile error with
	gcc-3.2.3


* Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se> wrote:

> Building 2.6.27-rc1 on x86 with gcc-3.2.3 fails with:
> 
> In file included from include/asm/dma.h:12,
>                  from include/linux/bootmem.h:8,
>                  from init/main.c:26:
> include/asm/io.h: In function `readb':
> include/asm/io.h:32: syntax error before string constant
> include/asm/io.h: In function `readw':
> include/asm/io.h:33: syntax error before string constant
> include/asm/io.h: In function `readl':
> include/asm/io.h:34: syntax error before string constant
> include/asm/io.h: In function `__readb':
> include/asm/io.h:36: syntax error before string constant
> include/asm/io.h: In function `__readw':
> include/asm/io.h:37: syntax error before string constant
> include/asm/io.h: In function `__readl':
> include/asm/io.h:38: syntax error before string constant
> make[1]: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
> make: *** [init] Error 2
> 
> Starting with 2.6.27-rc1 readb() et al are generated by a
> build_mmio_read() macro, which generates asm() statements with
> output register constraints like "=" "q", i.e. as two adjacent
> string literals. This doesn't work with the old gcc-3.2.3.
> 
> Fixed by moving the "=" part into the callers' reg parameter
> (as suggested by Ingo).
> 
> Build and boot-tested with gcc-3.2.3 on 32 and 64-bit x86.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>

applied to tip/x86/urgent - thanks Mikael.

	Ingo
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