The patch titled
Subject: lib/hexdump.c: make hex2bin() return the updated `src' address
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
lib-hexdumpc-make-hex2bin-return-the-updated-src-address.patch
This patch was dropped because other changes were merged, which wrecked this patch
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/hexdump.c: make hex2bin() return the updated `src' address
As a convenience to callers.
Not a terribly convenient convenience, as most callers will need to cast
away the constness of the return value. Oh well, those callers should
have been using a `const char *' anyway.
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 2 +-
lib/hexdump.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~lib-hexdumpc-make-hex2bin-return-the-updated-src-address include/linux/kernel.h
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h~lib-hexdumpc-make-hex2bin-return-the-updated-src-address
+++ a/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static inline char *pack_hex_byte(char *
}
extern int hex_to_bin(char ch);
-extern void hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count);
+extern const char *hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count);
/*
* General tracing related utility functions - trace_printk(),
diff -puN lib/hexdump.c~lib-hexdumpc-make-hex2bin-return-the-updated-src-address lib/hexdump.c
--- a/lib/hexdump.c~lib-hexdumpc-make-hex2bin-return-the-updated-src-address
+++ a/lib/hexdump.c
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hex_to_bin);
* @src: ascii hexadecimal string
* @count: result length
*/
-void hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count)
+const char *hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count)
{
while (count--) {
*dst = hex_to_bin(*src++) << 4;
*dst += hex_to_bin(*src++);
dst++;
}
+ return src;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(hex2bin);
_
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