Re: [PATCH] ARM: clean up the memset64() C wrapper

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 at 23:39, Thomas Weißschuh
<thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The current logic to split the 64-bit argument into its 32-bit halves is
> byte-order specific and a bit clunky. Use a union instead which is
> easier to read and works in all cases.
>
> GCC still generates the same machine code.
>
> While at it, rename the arguments of the __memset64() prototype to
> actually reflect their semantics.

I'll just apply this directly since I suggested this change, and I'm
doing some architecture patches - like your alpha fix for a missing
argument - and pulls right now anyway.

               Linus