linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/crc_kunit.c: update comment in crc

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Message-ID: <20250306172151.GC1796@sol.localdomain>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 09:21:51 -0800
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/crc_kunit.c: update comment in crc_benchmark()

On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 05:58:30PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> None of the CRC library functions use __pure anymore, so the comment in
> crc_benchmark() is outdated.  But the comment was not really correct
> anyway, since the CRC computation could (in principle) be optimized out
> regardless of __pure.  Update the comment to have a proper explanation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  lib/crc_kunit.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Applied to
https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git/log/?h=crc-next

- Eric