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From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] lib/decompress_unxz.c: removing all memory helper functions
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:16:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FD6B472.7040609@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1339470307-28223-1-git-send-email-tmac@hp.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


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-12  3:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-12  3:05 [PATCH v2] lib/decompress_unxz.c: removing all memory helper functions T Makphaibulchoke
2012-06-12  3:16 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-06-12 14:35   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-06-14 13:47     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-06-14 14:35       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-14 15:44         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-06-14 16:15           ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13  9:32   ` Martin Schwidefsky
2012-06-14 18:23   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-06-12  3:27 ` Paul Mundt
2012-06-12 16:18 ` Lasse Collin
2012-06-12 17:26   ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-06-12 17:30     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 17:40       ` Joe Perches
2012-06-12 19:45         ` Thavatchai Makphaibulcboke
2012-06-12 17:44       ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-06-12 17:48         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 17:49           ` H. Peter Anvin

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