linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] pinctrl: meson: Rename REG_* to MREG

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Date:   Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:09:11 +0200
From:   Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] pinctrl: meson: Rename REG_* to MREG_*

On 30/03/2022 10:54, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 6:47 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 06:13:19PM +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>>> On 29/03/2022 17:29, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>> Rename REG_* to * as a prerequisite for enabling COMPILE_TEST.
>>>
>>> What error do you hit ?
>>
>> arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h:9:17: error: expected identifier before string constant
>> 9 | #define REG_OUT "a"
>>    |                 ^~~
> 
> Perhaps REG_{OUT,IN} in arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h should be
> renamed instead, as this is a generic header file that can be included
> anywhere, while the REG_{OUT,IN} definitions are only used locally,
> in the header file?

Even better, those REG_OUT/REG_IN should be undefined at the end of the header since only
used in the headers inline functions:
==============><==================================
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
index ba88edd0d58b..139a4b0a2a14 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
@@ -52,4 +52,7 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long __arch_hweight64(__u64 w)
  }
  #endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */

+#undef REG_IN
+#undef REG_OUT
+
  #endif
==============><==================================

Neil

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                          Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
> 
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