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 <dave.martin@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
index 65c3f24..29035e8 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__ */