linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] headers_install.pl: autoconvert asm/inline/volatile to __xxx_

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Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:54:12 -0500
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] headers_install.pl: autoconvert asm/inline/volatile to __xxx__

On Monday 29 December 2008 05:33:54 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Headers in userspace should be using the __xxx__ form of the asm, inline,
> > and volatile keywords.  Since people like to revert these things without
> > realizing what's going on, have the headers install step autoconvert
> > these keywords.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
>
> volatile?
>
> volatile is a keyword in C90, and anything older than that we're
> guaranteed to not be compatible with anyway...

i dont really have any history examples left at this point.  we've been doing 
{asm,inline,volatile} conversion together forever in the Gentoo world, so i 
dont have anything to point you at.  i would highlight that the code to 
support it is trivial and "free", so just leaving it in is easy enough.
-mike

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