Re: [PATCH 1/4] lib/crc32: make core crc32() routines weak so they can be overridden
From: Herbert Xu
Date: Tue Sep 04 2018 - 05:44:51 EST
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 01:02:42PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Allow architectures to drop in accelerated CRC32 routines by making
> the crc32_le/__crc32c_le entry points weak, and exposing non-weak
> aliases for them that may be used by the accelerated versions as
> fallbacks in case the instructions they rely upon are not available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,
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