History log of /u-boot/include/abuf.h
Revision Date Author Comments
# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 34ecba1f 14-Aug-2023 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

abuf: Allow incrementing the size

Provide a convenience function to increment the size of the abuf.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 185f812c 19-Jan-2022 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>

doc: replace @return by Return:

Sphinx expects Return: and not @return to indicate a return value.

find . -name '*.c' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

find . -name '*.h' -exec \
sed -i 's/^\(\s\)\*\(\s*\)@return\(\s\)/\1*\2Return:\3/' {} \;

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>


# 67bc59df 25-Sep-2021 Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Add support for an owned buffer

When passing a data buffer back from a function, it is not always clear
who owns the buffer, i.e. who is responsible for freeing the memory used.
An example of this is where multiple files are decompressed from the
firmware image, using a temporary buffer for reading (since the
compressed data has to live somewhere) and producing a temporary or
permanent buffer with the resuilts.

Where the firmware image can be memory-mapped, as on x86, the compressed
data does not need to be buffered, but the complexity of having a buffer
which is either allocated or not, makes the code hard to understand.

Introduce a new 'abuf' which supports simple buffer operations:

- encapsulating a buffer and its size
- either allocated with malloc() or not
- able to be reliably freed if necessary
- able to be converted to an allocated buffer if needed

This simple API makes it easier to deal with allocated and memory-mapped
buffers.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>