linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/vdso] x86, vdso: Use <tools/le

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:06:00 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, luto@...capital.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hpa@...ux.intel.com,
	"tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin" <tipbot@...or.com>,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/vdso] x86, vdso: Use <tools/le_byteshift.h> for
 littleendian access

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:28:37 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> Want to test this patch before I commit it?
> 
> ...
>
> >From 15ea1a528e08c6bc322f10686ec8d73ba413b941 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:25:26 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] x86, vdso: Remove one final use of htole16()
> 
> One final use of the macros from <endian.h> which are not available on
> older system.  In this case we had one sole case of *writing* a
> littleendian number, but the number is SHN_UNDEF which is the constant
> zero, so rather than dealing with the general case of littleendian
> puts here, just document that the constant is zero and be done with
> it.

Compiles and boots, thanks.
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