[RFC PATCH] Remove bits/string.h.

[Zack Weinberg]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Adhemerval Zanella
<adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 12/06/2017 18:23, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> We just got rid of the machine-independent string inlines in the
>> headers (bits/string2.h) thanks to Wilco; I propose we also eliminate
>> the machine-dependent ones (bits/string.h).  These are not on by
>> default, and even if they were a good idea at the time they were
>> introduced, they haven't really been touched in ten to fifteen years
>> and probably aren't a good idea on current-gen processors.
>>
>> With this patch applied, the only effect of __NO_STRING_INLINES is to
>> disable the __stpcpy -> __builtin_stpcpy and
>> __mempcpy -> __builtin_mempcpy redirects in include/string.h.  I
>> suspect this can be cleaned up further but I would like to see this
>> patch stick first.
>
> I am seeing multiple build issue due new x86_64 multiarch C implementation
> after this patch.  I am fixing the build and I will post a patch soon.

I believe I have fixed this in
c0b23001a89b79f8d0bebe41bfbe64d840b13191, please update and try again.
(Unless you're tackling getting rid of the need for
NO_MEMPCPY_STPCPY_REDIRECT and __NO_STRING_INLINES, in which case
carry on ;-)

zw