linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Remove custom crc32c init code from btrfs

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Message-ID: <20180205225918.GL18553@twin.jikos.cz>
Date:   Mon, 5 Feb 2018 23:59:18 +0100
From:   David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:     Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Remove custom crc32c init code from btrfs

On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 11:45:03AM +0200, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> So here is a small 2 patch set which removes btrfs' manual initialisation of 
> the lower level crc32c module. Explanation why is ok can be found in Patch 2/2.
> 
> Patch 1/2 just adds a function to the generic crc32c header which allows 
> querying the actual crc32c implementaiton used (i.e. software or hw-accelerated)
> to retain current btrfs behavior. This is mainly used for debugging purposes 
> and is independent. 
> 
> Nikolay Borisov (2):
>   libcrc32c: Add crc32c_impl function
>   btrfs: Remove custom crc32c init code

As we got ack from Herbert, I'm going to add the patches to my for-next.