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>
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Dave Martin 2011-06-23 17:10:05 +01:00
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.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__ */