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Ilpo Järvinen
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fill_buf's arguments can be improved in multiple ways:
- Multiple functions in fill_buf have start_ptr as one of their
argument which is a bit long and the extra "start" is pretty
obvious when it comes to pointers.
- Some of the functions take end_ptr and others size_t to indicate
the end of the buffer.
- Some arguments meaning buffer size are called just 's'
- mem_flush() takes void * but immediately converts it to char *
Cleanup the parameters to make things simpler and more consistent:
- Rename start_ptr to simply buf as it's shorter.
- Replace end_ptr and s parameters with buf_size and only calculate
end_ptr in the functions that truly use it.
- Make mem_flush() parameters to follow the same convention as the
other functions in fill_buf.
- convert mem_flush() char * to unsigned char *.
While at it, fix also a typo in a comment.
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Tested-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@amd.com>
Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan (Fujitsu) <tan.shaopeng@fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
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