Re: [PATCH v2] lib/decompress_unxz.c: removing all memory helper functions

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 06/11/2012 08:05 PM, T Makphaibulchoke wrote:
> Cleaning up the file lib/decompress_unxz.c, moving all memory helper functions,
> e.g. memmove, to a new common source file, lib/boot/mem.c.
> 
> In additon to including the decompressor, any architecture supporting the XZ
> decompression needs to also include this new source file.
> 
> Also moving some other duplicated memory helper functions to this new source
> file from the arm, s390, sh and x86 preboot environments.  All 4 architectures
> build without error when using any compression.
> 
> Adding a new file lib/boot/mem.c, containing memory helper functions required
> by different compression types.
> 
> Adding memcmp declaration workaround and removing the memmove and memcpy
> defines workaround from arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
> 
> Removing the common functions, memmove, memcmp and memset, and adding the new
> source file include to arch/arm/boot/compressed/string.c.
> 
> Removing the memcpy and memmove functions and adding the new source file
> include to arch/s390/boot/compressed/misc.c.
> 
> Removing the memset function and adding the new source file include to
> arch/sh/boot/compressed/misc.c
> 
> Removing the memset function from arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c and move
> the memcpy function to the file arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c
> 
> Adding the memcpy function and the new source file include to
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c
> 

I can take this if Russell, Martin or Heiko, and Paul are willing to ack it.

	-hpa


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