From patchwork Thu Jun 23 17:50:10 2011 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: tip-bot for Dave Martin X-Patchwork-Id: 910882 Received: from merlin.infradead.org (merlin.infradead.org [205.233.59.134]) by demeter1.kernel.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5NHqQ0T005012 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:52:47 GMT Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([2001:4978:20e::1]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1QZo4c-0003Zj-W9; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:52:15 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=canuck.infradead.org) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1QZo4c-0008B0-G2; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:52:14 +0000 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1QZo3Z-0007u9-M1 for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:51:11 +0000 Received: by wwf22 with SMTP id 22so1513717wwf.18 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:51:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.127.149 with SMTP id g21mr1747334wbs.17.1308851465702; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:51:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from e200948.peterhouse.linaro.org (fw-lnat.cambridge.arm.com [217.140.96.63]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fi5sm1403937wbb.39.2011.06.23.10.51.04 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:51:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Martin To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH v3 02/40] Subject: ARM: assembler.h: Add string declaration macro Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:50:10 +0100 Message-Id: <1308851448-25139-3-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 In-Reply-To: <1308851448-25139-1-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org> References: <1308851448-25139-1-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org> X-CRM114-Version: 20090807-BlameThorstenAndJenny ( TRE 0.7.6 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20110623_135109_915072_E7CBF57F X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 10.62 ) X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.3.1 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (-0.7 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low trust [74.125.82.49 listed in list.dnswl.org] Cc: Eric Miao , patches@linaro.org X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-arm-kernel-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+patchwork-linux-arm=patchwork.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org X-Greylist: IP, sender and recipient auto-whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (demeter1.kernel.org [140.211.167.41]); Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:52:47 +0000 (UTC) Declaring strings in assembler source involves a certain amount of tedious boilerplate code in order to annotate the resulting symbol correctly. Encapsulating this boilerplate in a macro should help to avoid some duplication and the occasional mistake. Signed-off-by: Dave Martin --- arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h index bc2d2d7..9e1e952 100644 --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h @@ -290,3 +290,11 @@ .macro ldrusr, reg, ptr, inc, cond=al, rept=1, abort=9001f usracc ldr, \reg, \ptr, \inc, \cond, \rept, \abort .endm + +/* Utility macro for declaring string literals */ + .macro string name:req, string + .type \name , #object +\name: + .asciz "\string" + .size \name , . - \name + .endm