Re: [PATCH 1/4] lib/crc32: make core crc32() routines weak so they can be overridden
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2018-09-04 09:44:51
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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 <redacted>
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