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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] x86: bug: prevent gcc distortions
To: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
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On May 18, 2018 12:36:20 PM PDT, Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> wrote:
>hpa@zytor.com wrote:
>
>> On May 18, 2018 12:21:00 PM PDT, Linus Torvalds
><torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 12:18 PM Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Gnu ASM manual says: "Each time you run as it assembles exactly one
>>> source
>>>> program. The source program is made up of one or more files.”
>>> 
>>> Ok, that counts as documentation, although it's confusing as hell.
>Is
>>> it
>>> one source program or multiple files again? I see what they are
>trying
>>> to
>>> say, but it really could be phrased more clearly ;)
>>> 
>>>                    Linus
>> 
>> At least we have a solution!
>
>Thanks for all your help. I will try to do it over over the weekend.
>
>Funny, I see that this “trick” (-Wa,[filename.s]) is already being used
>to
>include arch/x86/boot/code16gcc.h so I feel “safer” to use it.
>
>Regards,
>Nadav

Oh. I don't remember when we did that... might even be my doing and then I just forgot about it :)
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