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-rw-r--r--include/linux/io.h29
-rw-r--r--lib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lib/check_signature.c26
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/io.h b/include/linux/io.h
index 8423dd37651..e3b2dda6c8e 100644
--- a/include/linux/io.h
+++ b/include/linux/io.h
@@ -63,32 +63,7 @@ void __iomem * devm_ioremap(struct device *dev, unsigned long offset,
void __iomem * devm_ioremap_nocache(struct device *dev, unsigned long offset,
unsigned long size);
void devm_iounmap(struct device *dev, void __iomem *addr);
-
-/**
- * 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.
- */
-
-static inline int check_signature(const volatile void __iomem *io_addr,
- const unsigned char *signature, int length)
-{
- int retval = 0;
- do {
- if (readb(io_addr) != *signature)
- goto out;
- io_addr++;
- signature++;
- length--;
- } while (length);
- retval = 1;
-out:
- return retval;
-}
+int check_signature(const volatile void __iomem *io_addr,
+ const unsigned char *signature, int length);
#endif /* _LINUX_IO_H */
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index d1b366bdf86..d7a93ff7f5a 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpumask.o
lib-y += kobject.o kref.o kobject_uevent.o klist.o
obj-y += div64.o sort.o parser.o halfmd4.o debug_locks.o random32.o \
- bust_spinlocks.o hexdump.o
+ bust_spinlocks.o hexdump.o check_signature.o
ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT),y)
CFLAGS_kobject.o += -DDEBUG
diff --git a/lib/check_signature.c b/lib/check_signature.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd6af199247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/check_signature.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#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);