Re: [PATCH v7 3/5] x86/asm: group inline string functions

[Mauricio Faria de Oliveira]

On 2026-07-23 18:59, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 12:56:44PM -0300, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote:
>> Group the __inline string functions in the same header.
>> 
>> Use <asm/shared/string.h> since __inline_memcmp() must remain there for use
>> by arch/x86/boot/string.c.
> 
> "No functional changes."

Ok, added.

> 
>> Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mfo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/shared/string.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/string.h        | 21 +--------------------
>>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/string.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/string.h
>> index 166274e44f3cb49e3dccab3cdac281d67aef5d44..9714fbda8b734e20686bfb88a6ca857bfee59e1a 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/string.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/string.h
>> @@ -2,6 +2,32 @@
>>  #ifndef _ASM_X86_SHARED_STRING_H
>>  #define _ASM_X86_SHARED_STRING_H
>>  
>> +/*
>> + * The __inline string functions are grouped in this file for consistency and
>> + * for use by arch/x86/boot code due to limitations on including asm/string.h.
> 
> What limitations?
> 
> Either explain them or don't bother adding a comment. asm/shared/ is generally
> an understood concept if you grep the tree and you don't really need a comment
> here.

Ok, removed.

Thanks,

-- 
Mauricio