Re: + lib-zlib-drop-equal-macro.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

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On (25/02/05 23:45), Andrew Morton wrote:
> From: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: lib/zlib: drop EQUAL macro
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 16:29:32 -0500
> 
> The macro is prehistoric, and only exists to help those readers who don't
> know what memcmp() returns if memory areas differ.  This is pretty well
> documented, so the macro looks excessive.
> 
> Now that the only user of the macro depends on DEBUG_ZLIB config, GCC
> warns about unused macro if the library is built with W=2 against
> defconfig.  So drop it for good.
> 
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250205212933.68695-1-yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Heiko Carsten <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mikhail Zaslonko <zaslonko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

FWIW
Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>




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