[tip:x86/asm] x86_64: Work around old GAS bug

2012-09-26 Thread tip-bot for Tao Guo
Commit-ID: 1b2b23d8573076a587ed2081e0d2b69691079e0e Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/1b2b23d8573076a587ed2081e0d2b69691079e0e Author: Tao Guo AuthorDate: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:28:22 -0400 Committer: Ingo Molnar CommitDate: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:35:32 +0200 x86_64: Work around old GAS bug

Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Work around old gas bug

2012-09-26 Thread Tao Guo
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 04:28:22AM -0400, Tao Guo wrote: >> gas in binutils(2.16.91) could not parse parentheses within macro >> parameters unless fully parenthesized, and this is a workaround to >> make old gas work wit

[PATCH] x86_64: Work around old gas bug

2012-09-26 Thread Tao Guo
/entry_64.S:393: Error: too many positional arguments arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:394: Error: too many positional arguments Signed-off-by: Tao Guo --- arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h | 48 +++ arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 20 2 files changed

Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Work around old gas bug

2012-09-26 Thread Tao Guo
On 9/26/12, Jan Beulich wrote: >>>> On 26.09.12 at 08:15, Tao Guo wrote: >> gas in binutils(2.16.91) could not parse parentheses within macro >> parameters, > > This description of yours contradicts the last hunk of the patch - > iirc the requirement for

[PATCH] x86_64: Work around old gas bug

2012-09-25 Thread Tao Guo
positional arguments arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:394: Error: too many positional arguments Signed-off-by: Tao Guo --- arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h | 52 +++ arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 18 +++--- 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 36 deletions