Ramkumar Ramachandra <artag...@gmail.com> writes:
> asm and volatile are provided for backward compatibility; use the ansi
> versions __asm__ and __volatile__.

Really?  I don't see that in the gcc documentation.  In fact, I didn't
know __volatile__ at all:

 If you are writing a header file that should be includable in ISO C
 programs, write `__asm__' instead of `asm'.  *Note Alternate Keywords::.

We're not...

Cheers,
Rusty.

> Cc: Rusty Russell <ru...@rustcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artag...@gmail.com>
> ---
>  tools/virtio/asm/barrier.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/virtio/asm/barrier.h b/tools/virtio/asm/barrier.h
> index aff61e1..b2fbbfc 100644
> --- a/tools/virtio/asm/barrier.h
> +++ b/tools/virtio/asm/barrier.h
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
> -#define barrier() asm volatile("" ::: "memory")
> +#define barrier() __asm__ __volatile__("" ::: "memory")
>  #define mb() __sync_synchronize()
>  
>  #define smp_mb()     mb()
> -- 
> 1.8.4.477.g5d89aa9
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