linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/9] bitops: Introduce the for_each_set

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Message-Id: <20190311180113.c283fdbcba3df10db2c815aa@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:01:13 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/9] bitops: Introduce the for_each_set_clump8 macro

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 09:31:00 +0100 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 8:47 AM William Breathitt Gray
> <vilhelm.gray@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > This macro iterates for each 8-bit group of bits (clump) with set bits,
> > within a bitmap memory region. For each iteration, "start" is set to the
> > bit offset of the found clump, while the respective clump value is
> > stored to the location pointed by "clump". Additionally, the
> > bitmap_get_value8 and bitmap_set_value8 functions are introduced to
> > respectively get and set an 8-bit value in a bitmap memory region.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
> > Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
> 
> Andrew: would you be OK with this being merged in v5.1?

Yup.  We have quite a few users there.  I assume this will go via the
gpio tree?

Feel free to add Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
although it probably isn't worth churning the git tree to do so at this
late stage - your cvall.