Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] powerpc/watchpoint: Add SPRN macros for second DAWR

From: Segher Boessenkool <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:30:24 -0500

On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:16:34AM +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> 
> 
> Le 09/03/2020 à 09:57, Ravi Bangoria a écrit :
> >Future Power architecture is introducing second DAWR. Add SPRN_ macros
> >for the same.
> 
> I'm not sure this is called 'macros'. For me a macro is something more 
> complex.

It is called "macros" in the C standard, and in common usage as well.
"Object-like macros", as opposed to "function-like macros": there are
no arguments.

> For me those are 'constants'.

That would be more like "static const" in C since 1990 ;-)

Segher