linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/12] tools include: Adopt linux/bits.h

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Message-ID: <f40d9bab-dd39-5a88-6e85-36f4c6069668@nokia.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 Oct 2018 10:47:35 +0200
From:   Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:     Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] tools include: Adopt linux/bits.h

Hello Arnaldo,

On 09/10/2018 02:54, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> 
> So that we reduce the difference of tools/include/linux/bitops.h to the
> original kernel file, include/linux/bitops.h, trying to remove the need
> to define BITS_PER_LONG, to avoid clashes with asm/bitsperlong.h.

thanks for looking into this, but I don't quite get your plan here,
you neither remove redefinition of BITS_PER_LONG in this patch, nor
in any following patch in the series.
Have you forgot to include another patch or shall I try to come up with
a patch removing BITS_PER_LONG from bitops.h? 

> And the things removed from tools/include/linux/bitops.h are really in
> linux/bits.h, so that we can have a copy and then
> tools/perf/check_headers.sh will tell us when new stuff gets added to
> linux/bits.h so that we can check if it is useful and if any adjustment
> needs to be done to the tools/{include,arch}/ copies.
> 
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> Cc: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-y1sqyydvfzo0bjjoj4zsl562@git.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> ---
>  tools/include/linux/bitops.h |  7 ++-----
>  tools/include/linux/bits.h   | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/check-headers.sh  |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/include/linux/bits.h
> 
> diff --git a/tools/include/linux/bitops.h b/tools/include/linux/bitops.h
> index acc704bd3998..0b0ef3abc966 100644
> --- a/tools/include/linux/bitops.h
> +++ b/tools/include/linux/bitops.h
> @@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
>  #define _TOOLS_LINUX_BITOPS_H_
>  
>  #include <asm/types.h>
> -#include <linux/compiler.h>
> -
>  #ifndef __WORDSIZE
>  #define __WORDSIZE (__SIZEOF_LONG__ * 8)
>  #endif
> @@ -12,10 +10,9 @@
>  #ifndef BITS_PER_LONG
>  # define BITS_PER_LONG __WORDSIZE
>  #endif
> +#include <linux/bits.h>
> +#include <linux/compiler.h>
>  
> -#define BIT_MASK(nr)		(1UL << ((nr) % BITS_PER_LONG))
> -#define BIT_WORD(nr)		((nr) / BITS_PER_LONG)
> -#define BITS_PER_BYTE		8
>  #define BITS_TO_LONGS(nr)	DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(long))
>  #define BITS_TO_U64(nr)		DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(u64))
>  #define BITS_TO_U32(nr)		DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(u32))
> diff --git a/tools/include/linux/bits.h b/tools/include/linux/bits.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..2b7b532c1d51
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/include/linux/bits.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef __LINUX_BITS_H
> +#define __LINUX_BITS_H
> +#include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
> +
> +#define BIT(nr)			(1UL << (nr))
> +#define BIT_ULL(nr)		(1ULL << (nr))
> +#define BIT_MASK(nr)		(1UL << ((nr) % BITS_PER_LONG))
> +#define BIT_WORD(nr)		((nr) / BITS_PER_LONG)
> +#define BIT_ULL_MASK(nr)	(1ULL << ((nr) % BITS_PER_LONG_LONG))
> +#define BIT_ULL_WORD(nr)	((nr) / BITS_PER_LONG_LONG)
> +#define BITS_PER_BYTE		8
> +
> +/*
> + * Create a contiguous bitmask starting at bit position @l and ending at
> + * position @h. For example
> + * GENMASK_ULL(39, 21) gives us the 64bit vector 0x000000ffffe00000.
> + */
> +#define GENMASK(h, l) \
> +	(((~0UL) - (1UL << (l)) + 1) & (~0UL >> (BITS_PER_LONG - 1 - (h))))
> +
> +#define GENMASK_ULL(h, l) \
> +	(((~0ULL) - (1ULL << (l)) + 1) & \
> +	 (~0ULL >> (BITS_PER_LONG_LONG - 1 - (h))))
> +
> +#endif	/* __LINUX_BITS_H */
> diff --git a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
> index 466540ee8ea7..c72cc73a6b09 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ include/uapi/linux/sched.h
>  include/uapi/linux/stat.h
>  include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
>  include/uapi/sound/asound.h
> +include/linux/bits.h
>  include/linux/hash.h
>  include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
>  arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h
> 

-- 
Best regards,
Alexander Sverdlin.