[U-Boot] [PATCH] lib:crc32: Allow setting of the initial crc32 value

[Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>]

On Monday, May 05, 2014 at 03:07:57 PM, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> The current approach set the initial value of crc32 calculation to zero,
> which is correct for calculating checksum of the whole chunk of data.
> 
> It however, lacks the flexibility, when one wants to calculate CRC32 of
> a file comprised of many smaller parts received separately.
> 
> In the proposed approach the output value is used as a starting condition
> for the proper crc32 calculation at crc32_wd function. This behavior is
> identical to the one provided by crc32() method implementation.
> 
> Additionally, comments were appropriately updated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@samsung.com>
> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> Cc: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
> ---
>  include/hash.h       |    2 +-
>  include/u-boot/crc.h |    3 ++-
>  lib/crc32.c          |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/hash.h b/include/hash.h
> index dc21678..abf704d 100644
> --- a/include/hash.h
> +++ b/include/hash.h
> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int hash_command(const char *algo_name, int flags,
> cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, * @algo_name:		Hash algorithm to use
>   * @data:		Data to hash
>   * @len:		Lengh of data to hash in bytes
> - * @output:		Place to put hash value
> + * @output:		Place to put hash value - also the initial value (crc32)
>   * @output_size:	On entry, pointer to the number of bytes available in
>   *			output. On exit, pointer to the number of bytes used.
>   *			If NULL, then it is assumed that the caller has
> diff --git a/include/u-boot/crc.h b/include/u-boot/crc.h
> index 754ac72..7a87911 100644
> --- a/include/u-boot/crc.h
> +++ b/include/u-boot/crc.h
> @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ uint32_t crc32_no_comp (uint32_t, const unsigned char *,
> uint); *
>   * @input:	Input buffer
>   * @ilen:	Input buffer length
> - * @output:	Place to put checksum result (4 bytes)
> + * @output:	Place to provide initial CRC32 value and afterwards
> + *		put checksum result (4 bytes)
>   * @chunk_sz:	Trigger watchdog after processing this many bytes
>   */
>  void crc32_wd_buf(const unsigned char *input, uint ilen,
> diff --git a/lib/crc32.c b/lib/crc32.c
> index 9759212..f6266c7 100644
> --- a/lib/crc32.c
> +++ b/lib/crc32.c
> @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void crc32_wd_buf(const unsigned char *input, unsigned
> int ilen, {
>  	uint32_t crc;
> 
> -	crc = crc32_wd(0, input, ilen, chunk_sz);
> +	crc = crc32_wd(*(uint32_t *)output, input, ilen, chunk_sz);

I sense alignment fault here.
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Best regards,
Marek Vasut