linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] ARM: option for loading modules into vmalloc area

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Message-ID: <20141119165517.GL4042@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:55:17 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin@...sung.com>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <k.khlebnikov@...sung.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] ARM: option for loading modules into vmalloc area

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 05:38:57PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Numbers are disambiguated by the f and b suffixes, so they can be
> reused in the same .s file. So as long as you use a strictly numerical
> prefix, you can deal correctly with the case where, for instance,
> do_div() is called twice in the same compilation unit, and still not
> clash with other inline asm

What's not particularly nice though is to hide these in a macro,
which itself may be part of a larger macro or code fragment also
using small numbers.

We probably ought to be a bit more inteligent about how we choose
these numbers inside macros, rather than just randomly picking some
and hoping that they don't clash.

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