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Re: [XEN PATCH v8 14/47] build: rename __LINKER__ to LINKER_SCRIPT


  • To: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 08:49:54 +0100
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On 14.12.2021 18:05, Julien Grall wrote:
> On 25/11/2021 13:39, Anthony PERARD wrote:
>> For two reasons: this macro is used to generate a "linker script" and
>> is not by the linker, and name starting with an underscore '_' are
>> supposed to be reserved, so better avoid them when not needed.
> 
> If that's the case, then shouldn't we also rename __ASSEMBLY__?

I'd rather not - unlike __LINKER__ (afaict at least) __ASSEMBLY__
is a commonly used identifier (which we've actually inherited from
Linux).

Jan




 


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