linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] compiler-gcc.h: add asm

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Message-ID: <CANiq72k9BjDBChLMjbUbAsB3+DiX_efc6A010TYgrbyEg=xx=w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Sep 2019 18:47:54 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "gcc-patches@....gnu.org" <gcc-patches@....gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] compiler-gcc.h: add asm_inline definition

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 6:30 PM Segher Boessenkool
<segher@...nel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> (Which isn't the C++ standard yet, okay).

At this stage, it pretty much is. It is basically bug fixing at this point.

> No, that is not what it does.  A user defines such a macro, and that
> makes the library change behaviour.

That is what I have said:

  "I want to test if the user enabled the feature"

means the *library* tests if the user enabled the feature before
including the library. But the user does not want to test anything.

Cheers,
Miguel