[PATCH v2 1/2] x86: Remove obsolete "*&" GCC asm memory operand workaround

[Joseph Myers]

On Sun, 21 Sep 2025, Uros Bizjak wrote:

> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/fpu_control.h b/sysdeps/x86/fpu_control.h
> index 967e8ca5c3..e8c08de9d5 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86/fpu_control.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86/fpu_control.h
> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
>  /* Type of the control word.  */
>  typedef unsigned int fpu_control_t __attribute__ ((__mode__ (__HI__)));
>  
> -/* Macros for accessing the hardware control word.  "*&" is used to
> +/* Macros for accessing the hardware control word.  "" is used to
>     work around a bug in older versions of GCC.  __volatile__ is used

Saying '"" is used to work around' doesn't make sense, and fpu_control.h 
is an installed header so a wider range of compiler versions (including 
ones older than GCC 9) are relevant with it than are relevant for building 
glibc.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
josmyers@redhat.com