linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Call out example SYM_FUNC

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Message-ID: <20200116125333.5de68e48@lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:53:33 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Call out example SYM_FUNC_* usage as
 x86-specific

On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:43:05 +0000
Will Deacon <will@...nel.org> wrote:

> The example given in asm-annotations.rst to describe the constraints that
> a function should meet in order to be annotated with a SYM_FUNC_* macro
> is x86-specific, and not necessarily applicable to architectures using
> branch-and-link style calling conventions such as arm64.
> 
> Tweak the example text to call out the x86-specific text.
> 
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> ---

Makes sense to me, applied, thanks.

jon