linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/hash: swap parameters of crc32

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Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:06:50 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	ffusco@...hat.com, tgraf@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/hash: swap parameters of crc32_u32()

On 02/26/2014 01:29 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
> or it would be (with parameter order kept and argument order
> swapped)
> 
> static inline u32 crc32_u32(u32 crc, u32 val)
> 		seed = crc32_u32(seed, *p32++);
> 		seed = crc32_u32(seed, tmp);
> 		seed = crc32_u32(seed, *p32++);
> 
> I.e. it is precisely the case that their names and functions disagree
> in the current (unpatched) version.
> 

I guess I think this version seems more logical especially/when this
inline is moved into a global place somewhere.

It's not a big deal, though.

	-hpa

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