netdev - Re: [PATCH] mlx4: use bitmap library

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Date:	Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:21:55 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, rolandd@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mlx4: use bitmap library

2010/8/23 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:
> From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:24:48 +0900
>
>> Use bitmap_set() and bitmap_clear()
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
>
> Unlike loops calling set_bit() and clear_bit(), bitmap_set() and
> bitmap_clear() are not atomic.
>
> Are you sure this is ok here?
>

I think this ok. Because the bitmap region is searched by
bitmap_find_next_zero_area() which cannot be atomic and
setting and clearing the bitmap region is protected by bitmap->lock
(except for initialization of the bitmap in mlx4_bitmap_init).

This change should be done when I submitted commit
43ff8b60853793fb0155b3e465739d2170c3aa2f ("mlx4: use
bitmap_find_next_zero_area")
at the same time.

I'll recheck this is ok and update the commit message for this change,
then resubmit the patch.
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