linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow space before [ in the case of inline asm constraints

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Message-ID: <20101123143217.GU6038@shadowen.org>
Date:	Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:32:17 +0000
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Dave Martin <dave.martin@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow space before [ in the case of inline
 asm constraints

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 07:00:12AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 12:13 +0000, Dave Martin wrote:
> > This allows the customary syntax for declaring named arguments,
> > such as:
> > 
> >     asm ("mov %[out],%[in]" : [out] "=r" (x) : [in] "r" (y));
> 
> Andy:
> 
> Maybe it'd be better to have a checkpatch pass that does
> something similar to the c comment removal for asm blocks.
> 
> Maybe keyed on "\basm(\s+volatile){0,1}\s*" and strip
> everything in the () block that follows it.

Yeah am starting to think that whatever is in there is a different
world.

-apw
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