linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] tools lib: Add bitmap

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Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 11:33:59 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] tools lib: Add bitmap_alloc function

On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 12:45:18PM -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> On 8/1/16 12:02 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > @@ -65,4 +66,13 @@ static inline int test_and_set_bit(int nr, unsigned long *addr)
> >  	return (old & mask) != 0;
> >  }
> > 
> > +/**
> > + * bitmap_alloc - Allocate bitmap
> > + * @nr: Bit to set
> > + */
> > +static inline unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(int nbits)
> > +{
> > +	return malloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits) * sizeof(unsigned long));
> > +}
> > +
> >  #endif /* _PERF_BITOPS_H */
> 
> calloc? Can't imagine any user wanting an uninitialized bitmap.

hum, right.. all my code used bitmap_zero,
but zalloc would be better choice in here

thanks,
jirka