Re: [PATCH RFC 00/10] tools: Revamp the unaligned endian access functions

2014-06-13 Thread Sam Ravnborg
> > > > A much simpler approach without any fallback to arch specific > > version etc. is everything we need. > > It doesn't matter so much for things that are just done for the kernel > compile, no, but there are some tools that are built to be used as > standalone things, and it could matter th

Re: [PATCH RFC 00/10] tools: Revamp the unaligned endian access functions

2014-06-11 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 06/11/2014 12:21 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 04:13:04PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> After a recent problem in the x86 tree, which seems to be the heaviest >> but not the only user of these functions, I went through and did a >> patchset to revamp the *user space* unalig

Re: [PATCH RFC 00/10] tools: Revamp the unaligned endian access functions

2014-06-11 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 04:13:04PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > After a recent problem in the x86 tree, which seems to be the heaviest > but not the only user of these functions, I went through and did a > patchset to revamp the *user space* unaligned/endian accessor > functions. As much as I th