From 8f51965e7033441cb10ce577d1ef2d580a80af08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Martin Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:10:05 +0100 Subject: ARM: assembler.h: Add string declaration macro Declaring strings in assembler source involves a certain amount of tedious boilerplate code in order to annotate the resulting symbol correctly. Encapsulating this boilerplate in a macro should help to avoid some duplication and the occasional mistake. Signed-off-by: Dave Martin Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre --- arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h') diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h index 65c3f2474f5..29035e86a59 100644 --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h @@ -293,4 +293,13 @@ .macro ldrusr, reg, ptr, inc, cond=al, rept=1, abort=9001f usracc ldr, \reg, \ptr, \inc, \cond, \rept, \abort .endm + +/* Utility macro for declaring string literals */ + .macro string name:req, string + .type \name , #object +\name: + .asciz "\string" + .size \name , . - \name + .endm + #endif /* __ASM_ASSEMBLER_H__ */ -- cgit v1.2.3