linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/10] video: use safer test on the result of find_first_zero

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Message-ID: <53A81470.5030606@ti.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:50:08 +0300
From:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
To:	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
CC:	<kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/10] video: use safer test on the result of find_first_zero_bit

On 04/06/14 12:07, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> Find_first_zero_bit considers BITS_PER_LONG bits at a time, and thus may
> return a larger number than the maximum position argument if that position
> is not a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG.

Thanks, queued for 3.17.

 Tomi



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