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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: fix and improve cmpxchg_double{,_local}()
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    Le mardi 03 janvier 2012 à 16:08 +0000, Jan Beulich a écrit :

    > "1" and "672" are both local labels, so both are okay. As long as there's
    > no other (colliding) use of 672 anywhere, that would seem to be the
    > preferred fix (feel free to put my ack on the patch when you formally
    > submit it).

    I was referring the use of a label local to the macro itself, with
    restricted scope.

    following psudi code would trigger an asm error :

    .macro FOO
    .local_label 1
    1: lock
    .section .smp_locks,"a"
    .balign 4
    .long 1b - .
    .previous
    .endm


    FOO
    jne 1b



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