linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] powerpc/lib: move PPC32 specific functions out of string.S

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Date:   Thu, 17 May 2018 08:33:53 -0500
From:   Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] powerpc/lib: move PPC32 specific functions out of string.S

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 12:49:50PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> In preparation of optimisation patches, move PPC32 specific
> memcmp() and __clear_user() into string_32.S

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
> @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +/*
> + * String handling functions for PowerPC32
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2018 CS Systemes d'Information
> + *
> + * Author: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> + *
> + */

That is wrong; that code is a plain copy, from 1996 already.


Segher