Re: [PATCH] Add asm-compat.h to x86

["Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@gmail.com>]

On 10/30/07, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:
> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > Add asm-compat.h to x86
> >
> > In assembly code and in gcc inline assembly, we need .long to express a "c long"
> > type on i386 and a .quad to express the same on x86_64. Use macros similar to
> > powerpc "PPC_LONG" to express those. Name chosen: ASM_LONG. (didn't feel like
> > X86_LONG was required).
> >
> > This is useful in inline assembly within code shared between 32 and 64
> > bits architectures in x86.
> >
> > More compatible assembly macros could be added in this header later when
> > needed.
> >
> > I had to create this to implement a merged optimized immediate values
> > header for x86.
> >
>
> Seems sound to me, and this header might be a useful place to put other
> things, like macros to emit exceptions, etc...
>
I have already done similar things in the unified pvops patch. But it
was just a few locations, and I didn't fell the need for a common
thing. But it is definitely useful.

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