[PATCH v2] ARM: fix vdsomunge not to depend on glibc specific byteswap.h
H. Nikolaus Schaller
hns at goldelico.com
Thu Oct 15 10:16:27 PDT 2015
Am 15.10.2015 um 19:07 schrieb Nathan Lynch <Nathan_Lynch at mentor.com>:
> On 10/15/2015 12:52 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>> Am 14.10.2015 um 16:16 schrieb Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch at mentor.com>:
>>> and it would be easier for me to deal with a patch that isn't
>>> whitespace-damaged.
>>
>> You mean:
>>
>> ERROR: space prohibited before that close parenthesis ')'
>> #46: FILE: arch/arm/vdso/vdsomunge.c:64:
>> + (((unsigned short)(x) & (unsigned short)0xff00U) >> 8) ))
>>
>> ERROR: space prohibited before that close parenthesis ')'
>> #53: FILE: arch/arm/vdso/vdsomunge.c:71:
>> + (((unsigned int)(x) & (unsigned int)0xff000000UL) >> 24) ))
>>
>> Well, I had copied that verbatim from arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff.c and
>> thought that it is better readable, but it is easy to fix.
>
> That's not what I was referring to, but it is fine to fix that too.
>
> What I meant was that the first column of the patch body is corrupted.
> Your v2 has hunks like this (bad):
>
> static Elf32_Word read_elf_word(Elf32_Word word, bool swap)
> {
> - return swap ? bswap_32(word) : word;
> + return swap ? swab32(word) : word;
> }
>
>
> Your v3 has this (good):
>
> static void write_elf_word(Elf32_Word val, Elf32_Word *dst, bool swap)
> {
> - *dst = swap ? bswap_32(val) : val;
> + *dst = swap ? swab32(val) : val;
> }
Does this mean it is ok now in V3 in all cases? I have switched my patch editor
tool from indirect git imap-send to git send-email (which appears to be more
compatible).
BR and thanks,
Nikolaus Schaller
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