Re: what's the purpose of SYMBOL_NAME()

Marty Leisner wrote: > > I'm read Bovet's "Understand the Linux Kernel" > and looked at the assembly routine setup_idt... > > I noticed the assembly has SYMBOL_NAME > (its all over the place). > > This is define in include/linux/linkage.h > > to just: > #define SYMBOL_NAME(X) X > > (this wasn

what's the purpose of SYMBOL_NAME()

I'm read Bovet's "Understand the Linux Kernel" and looked at the assembly routine setup_idt... I noticed the assembly has SYMBOL_NAME (its all over the place). This is define in include/linux/linkage.h to just: #define SYMBOL_NAME(X) X (this wasn't in Bovet's book). What's the purpose? m