[Question] Will switching Linux UAPI headers from __ASSEMBLY__ to __ASSEMBLER__ affect glibc?

[Andreas Schwab]

On Mär 03 2026, Nick Huang wrote:

> I would like to ask directly:
>
>   Will switching Linux UAPI headers from __ASSEMBLY__ to __ASSEMBLER__
>   affect glibc in any way?

Since the compiler will define __ASSEMBLER__ automatically when
preprocessing assembler-with-cpp files, there is no need to change
anything on the glibc side.  The places that define __ASSEMBLY__ for
that purpose will just become redundant.

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