alistair23-linux/lib/check_signature.c
Andrew Morton cc2ea416b2 uninline check_signature()
This is a rather bizarre thing to have inlined in io.h.  Stick it in lib/
instead.

While we're there, despaghetti it a bit, and fix its off-by-one behaviour when
passed a zero length.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00

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#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
/**
* check_signature - find BIOS signatures
* @io_addr: mmio address to check
* @signature: signature block
* @length: length of signature
*
* Perform a signature comparison with the mmio address io_addr. This
* address should have been obtained by ioremap.
* Returns 1 on a match.
*/
int check_signature(const volatile void __iomem *io_addr,
const unsigned char *signature, int length)
{
while (length--) {
if (readb(io_addr) != *signature)
return 0;
io_addr++;
signature++;
}
return 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(check_signature);