linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 0/4] Introduce the for_each_set

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Message-ID: <CACG_h5pP1ffeG4E-Vz_C+cX=2PGaHvNBPe+sUpP7sbfMC-0sdQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:16:37 +0530
From:   Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, rrichter@...vell.com,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...durent.com>,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-gpio <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        arm-soc <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-pm <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/4] Introduce the for_each_set_clump macro

On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:06 PM Bartosz Golaszewski
<bgolaszewski@...libre.com> wrote:
>
> niedz., 24 maj 2020 o 07:00 Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com> napisał(a):
> >
> > Hello Linus,
> >
> > Since this patchset primarily affects GPIO drivers, would you like
> > to pick it up through your GPIO tree?
> >
> > This patchset introduces a new generic version of for_each_set_clump.
> > The previous version of for_each_set_clump8 used a fixed size 8-bit
> > clump, but the new generic version can work with clump of any size but
> > less than or equal to BITS_PER_LONG. The patchset utilizes the new macro
> > in several GPIO drivers.
> >
> > The earlier 8-bit for_each_set_clump8 facilitated a
> > for-loop syntax that iterates over a memory region entire groups of set
> > bits at a time.
> >
>
> The GPIO part looks good to me. Linus: how do we go about merging it
> given the bitops dependency?
>
> Bart

A minor change has been done in patch [2/4] to fix compilation warning.
Kindly refer patchset v8 in future.

Thanks
Syed Nayyar Waris