[PATCH] powerpc: strcasecmp/strncasecmp optmization for power8 [BZ 20327]

[Adhemerval Zanella]

On 05/07/2016 11:01, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho wrote:
> Rajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan <raji@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
>> On 07/04/2016 07:46 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
>>> On 06/14/2016 11:45 AM, Rajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan wrote:
>> Subject: [PATCH] POWER8: Fix return code of strcasecmp for unaligned inputs
> 
> Could you replace POWER8 by powerpc, please?
> 
>> If the input values are unaligned and if there are null characters in the
>> memory before the starting address of the input values, strcasecmp
>> gives incorrect return code. Fixed it by adding mask the bits that
>> are not part of the string.
>>
>> Tested on ppc64 and ppc64le.
> 
> Despite this being a bug fix, I believe we need the approval from Adhemerval
> before integrating it during the freeze window.
> 

Bugfixes are ok for current phase and I was sorting out the release blockers
yesterday.  I will send a message about it in a couple of hours.