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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] arch: use ASM_NL instead of ';' for assembler new line character in the macro
+CC Sam, Tim, Joe, Michal, David

Guys can you please take a look at this patch and suggest the best way to merge.

The root cause is some gas ports (including ARC) use ';' for comment (vs. newline)
More background at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/24/365


On 10/29/2013 07:21 AM, Chen Gang wrote:
> For some assemblers, they use another character as newline in a macro
> (e.g. arc uses '`'), so for generic assembly code, need use ASM_NL (a
> macro) instead of ';' for it.
>
> Also need notice about code styles ('\t' for each line).
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
> ---
> arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h | 2 ++
> include/linux/linkage.h | 19 ++++++++++++-------
> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h
> index 0283e9e..66ee552 100644
> --- a/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h
> +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
>
> #ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
>
> +#define ASM_NL ` /* use '`' to mark new line in macro */
> +
> /* Can't use the ENTRY macro in linux/linkage.h
> * gas considers ';' as comment vs. newline
> */
> diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
> index d3e8ad2..a6a42dd 100644
> --- a/include/linux/linkage.h
> +++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
> @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
> #include <linux/export.h>
> #include <asm/linkage.h>
>
> +/* Some toolchains use other characters (e.g. '`') to mark new line in macro */
> +#ifndef ASM_NL
> +#define ASM_NL ;
> +#endif
> +
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> #define CPP_ASMLINKAGE extern "C"
> #else
> @@ -75,21 +80,21 @@
>
> #ifndef ENTRY
> #define ENTRY(name) \
> - .globl name; \
> - ALIGN; \
> - name:
> + .globl name ASM_NL \
> + ALIGN ASM_NL \
> + name:
> #endif
> #endif /* LINKER_SCRIPT */
>
> #ifndef WEAK
> #define WEAK(name) \
> - .weak name; \
> + .weak name ASM_NL \
> name:
> #endif
>
> #ifndef END
> #define END(name) \
> - .size name, .-name
> + .size name, .-name
> #endif
>
> /* If symbol 'name' is treated as a subroutine (gets called, and returns)
> @@ -98,8 +103,8 @@
> */
> #ifndef ENDPROC
> #define ENDPROC(name) \
> - .type name, @function; \
> - END(name)
> + .type name, @function ASM_NL \
> + END(name)
> #endif
>
> #endif
>



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