Re: [PATCH] x86: work around old gas bug (try 2)

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:57:55 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> * Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Add extra parentheses around a couple of definitions introduced by
> > "x86: Cleanup vector usage" and used in assembly macro arguments, and
> > remove spaces. Without that old (2.16.1) gas would see more macro
> > arguments than were actually specified.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Wondering, have you managed to test this with 2.16, or should i wait for akpm's 
> testing before applying it?
> 

arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S compiles successfully with that patch.
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