Re: [PATCH] lib/crc7: Shift crc7() output left 1 bit

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu May 15 2014 - 02:06:15 EST


On Wed 2014-05-14 20:32:25, George Spelvin wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote;
> > On Sun 2014-05-11 05:16:07, George Spelvin wrote:
> >> To do it properly, I have to rename all of:
> >>
> >> crc7_syndrome_table[]
> >> crc7_byte()
> >> crc7()
> >>
> >> even though the third is the only (in-tree) user of the first two.
>
> > If the first two are static, there's no problem.
>
> They're not; they're exported from the header (even though, as
> I mentioned, their only user is crc7()).
>
> So my patch v2 1/3 renamed all three.

That's one way.

Other would be to make them static so people can't use old interfaces
by mistake.
Pavel
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