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Date:	Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:57:48 +0100
From:	Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce __fill_user() and kill __bzero()
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Thiemo Seufer wrote:
>>  /*
>> - * memset(void *s, int c, size_t n)
>> + * An outline version of memset, which should be used either by gcc or
>> + * by assembly code.
>> + */
>> +NESTED(memset, 24, ra)
>> +	PTR_ADDU	sp, sp, -24
>> +	LONG_S		a0, 16(sp)
>> +	LONG_S		ra, 20(sp)
>> +	jal		__fill_user
>> +	LONG_L		v0, 16(sp)
>> +	LONG_L		ra, 20(sp)
>> +	PTR_ADDU	sp, sp, 24
>> +	jr		ra
>> +END(memset)
> 
> This will break on 64bit kernels.
> 

Obviously...

Looks like I should find a good place to implement it in C... or do
you know a sane way (without too many #ifdef) to do that in assembly
code ?

thanks,
		Franck