Re: [PATCH] scripts: headers_install.sh: Normalize __ASSEMBLY__ to __ASSEMBLER__
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:31:42 +0100 (BST)
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-kbuild,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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On Fri, 17 Jul 2026, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: > > > I don't have a specific case I can point you to. My goal was > > > consistency. Therefore I am against reverting the patch as long as > > > both __ASSEMBLER__ and __ASSEMBLY__ are used in the UAPI headers. > > > If we want to switch to __ASSEMBLER__ for the UAPI headers today, > > > we should instead invert the logic of this patch to consistently use it > > > everywhere. After all UAPI headers are migrated, the normalization can > > > then be removed. > > > > I believe Thomas specifically refers to the mention of the alleged > > shortcoming of pre-3.0 GCC, which we've since verified not to be true, as > > quoted elsewhere in this thread, so the note needs to be dropped in a > > respin. > > It *was* dropped in a respin[0], which is the patch that got applied. Ah, OK. I didn't get a match on the respin since it changed the subject. Maciej