[PATCH] ___arch__swab64() causing compile breakage

Kelledin (kelledin+LKML@skarpsey.dyndns.org)
Mon, 30 Jun 2003 06:44:22 -0500


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I just noticed that with the new implementation of
___arch__swab64 in 2.4.21 (i386), kdemultimedia-3.1.x won't
compile. Basically it tries to include <linux/cdrom.h>, which
in turn tries to include <asm/byteorder.h>, and it tries to
compile it all with g++ -ansi. ___arch__swab64() is partly to
blame.

Now as much as we may call this a KDE bug, the old
___arch__swab64 implementation didn't have this problem. In the
old implementation, both the __u64 type (from <asm/types.h>) and
the ___arch__swab64() macro (which depends on the __u64 type)
didn't get defined in userland for __STRICT_ANSI__ code.

With the new implementation taken from SGI XFS, __u64 still isn't
defined for __STRICT_ANSI__ code, but ___arch__swab64() is
exposed to the world no matter what. Run that through gcc
-ansi, and you get an instant parse error! ;)

That's reason enough to rectify this annoying little
inconsistency. I suggest we either let both code bits stay with
__STRICT_ANSI__ defined, or we leave out at least the
___arch__swab64() macro with __STRICT_ANSI__ defined. I'm
personally in favor of putting the old __STRICT_ANSI__ check
around the new ___arch__swab64().

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
it still cost four figures to fix?"

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diff -Naur linux-2.4.20/include/asm-i386/byteorder.h linux-2.4.20-swab64/include/asm-i386/byteorder.h --- linux-2.4.20/include/asm-i386/byteorder.h 2003-05-26 23:29:50.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.4.20-swab64/include/asm-i386/byteorder.h 2003-05-26 23:32:52.000000000 -0500 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ return x; } - +#if !defined(__STRICT_ANSI__) || defined(__KERNEL__) static inline __u64 ___arch__swab64(__u64 val) { union { @@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ } #define __arch__swab64(x) ___arch__swab64(x) +#define __BYTEORDER_HAS_U64__ +#endif + #define __arch__swab32(x) ___arch__swab32(x) #define __arch__swab16(x) ___arch__swab16(x) -#define __BYTEORDER_HAS_U64__ #endif /* __GNUC__ */

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