linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/45] C++: Convert the kernel to C++

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Message-ID: <f2eeab9e-9454-48c5-91e4-65a090f8fa85@zytor.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:40:11 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: pinskia@...il.com, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/45] C++: Convert the kernel to C++

On 1/9/24 15:40, David Howells wrote:
> 
>>> Issues:
>>>    (1) Need spaces inserting between strings and symbols.
>>
>> I have to admit I don't really grok this?
> 
> You're not allowed to do things like:
> 
> 	asm volatile("btl "__percpu_arg(2)",%1"
> 
> but rather have to do:
> 
> 	asm volatile("btl " __percpu_arg(2) ",%1"
> 
> as you're now allowed to specify type qualifiers.  See
> 
> 	https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/user_literal
> 

Oh, right. This one should be easy enough to automate, though.

	-hpa