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Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:34:57 +0530
From:   Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/4] Introduce the for_each_set_clump macro

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 1:40 PM Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> For example, suppose you would like to iterate over a 32-bit integer 8
> bits at a time, skipping over 8-bit groups with no set bit, where
> XXXXXXXX represents the current 8-bit group:
>
>     Example:        10111110 00000000 11111111 00110011
>     First loop:     10111110 00000000 11111111 XXXXXXXX
>     Second loop:    10111110 00000000 XXXXXXXX 00110011
>     Third loop:     XXXXXXXX 00000000 11111111 00110011
>
> Each iteration of the loop returns the next 8-bit group that has at
> least one set bit.
>
> But with the new for_each_set_clump the clump size can be different from 8 bits.
> Moreover, the clump can be split at word boundary in situations where word
> size is not multiple of clump size. Following are examples showing the working
> of new macro for clump sizes of 24 bits and 6 bits.
>
> Example 1:
> clump size: 24 bits, Number of clumps (or ports): 10
> bitmap stores the bit information from where successive clumps are retrieved.
>
>      /* bitmap memory region */
>         0x00aa0000ff000000;  /* Most significant bits */
>         0xaaaaaa0000ff0000;
>         0x000000aa000000aa;
>         0xbbbbabcdeffedcba;  /* Least significant bits */
>
> Different iterations of for_each_set_clump:-
> 'offset' is the bit position and 'clump' is the 24 bit clump from the
> above bitmap.
> Iteration first:        offset: 0 clump: 0xfedcba
> Iteration second:       offset: 24 clump: 0xabcdef
> Iteration third:        offset: 48 clump: 0xaabbbb
> Iteration fourth:       offset: 96 clump: 0xaa
> Iteration fifth:        offset: 144 clump: 0xff
> Iteration sixth:        offset: 168 clump: 0xaaaaaa
> Iteration seventh:      offset: 216 clump: 0xff
> Loop breaks because in the end the remaining bits (0x00aa) size was less
> than clump size of 24 bits.
>
> In above example it can be seen that in iteration third, the 24 bit clump
> that was retrieved was split between bitmap[0] and bitmap[1]. This example
> also shows that 24 bit zeroes if present in between, were skipped (preserving
> the previous for_each_set_macro8 behaviour).
>
> Example 2:
> clump size = 6 bits, Number of clumps (or ports) = 3.
>
>      /* bitmap memory region */
>         0x00aa0000ff000000;  /* Most significant bits */
>         0xaaaaaa0000ff0000;
>         0x0f00000000000000;
>         0x0000000000000ac0;  /* Least significant bits */
>
> Different iterations of for_each_set_clump:
> 'offset' is the bit position and 'clump' is the 6 bit clump from the
> above bitmap.
> Iteration first:        offset: 6 clump: 0x2b
> Loop breaks because 6 * 3 = 18 bits traversed in bitmap.
> Here 6 * 3 is clump size * no. of clumps.
>
> Changes in v9:
>  - [Patch 4/4]: Remove looping of 'for_each_set_clump' and instead process two
>    halves of a 64-bit bitmap separately or individually. Use normal spin_lock
>    call for second inner lock. And take the spin_lock_init call outside the 'if'
>    condition in the probe function of driver.
>
> Changes in v8:
>  - [Patch 2/4]: Minor change: Use '__initdata' for correct section mismatch
>    in 'clump_test_data' array.
>
> Changes in v7:
>  - [Patch 2/4]: Minor changes: Use macro 'DECLARE_BITMAP()' and split 'struct'
>    definition and test data.
>
> Changes in v6:
>  - [Patch 2/4]: Make 'for loop' inside test_for_each_set_clump more
>    succinct.
>
> Changes in v5:
>  - [Patch 4/4]: Minor change: Hardcode value for better code readability.
>
> Changes in v4:
>  - [Patch 2/4]: Use 'for' loop in test function of for_each_set_clump.
>  - [Patch 3/4]: Minor change: Inline value for better code readability.
>  - [Patch 4/4]: Minor change: Inline value for better code readability.
>
> Changes in v3:
>  - [Patch 3/4]: Change datatype of some variables from u64 to unsigned long
>    in function thunderx_gpio_set_multiple.
>
> CHanges in v2:
>  - [Patch 2/4]: Unify different tests for 'for_each_set_clump'. Pass test data as
>    function parameters.
>  - [Patch 2/4]: Remove unnecessary bitmap_zero calls.
>
> Syed Nayyar Waris (4):
>   bitops: Introduce the for_each_set_clump macro
>   lib/test_bitmap.c: Add for_each_set_clump test cases
>   gpio: thunderx: Utilize for_each_set_clump macro
>   gpio: xilinx: Utilize generic bitmap_get_value and _set_value.
>
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-thunderx.c      |  11 ++-
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-xilinx.c        |  66 +++++++-------
>  include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h |  19 ++++
>  include/linux/bitmap.h            |  61 +++++++++++++
>  include/linux/bitops.h            |  13 +++
>  lib/find_bit.c                    |  14 +++
>  lib/test_bitmap.c                 | 145 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 292 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: b3a9e3b9622ae10064826dccb4f7a52bd88c7407
> --
> 2.26.2
>


Hi Andrew, Linus

What do you think about this patchset on 'for_each_set_clump' ?

if there's anything else you think that should be changed in this, or if this
version looks good to you to pick up, kindly, let me know.

Regards
Syed Nayyar Waris

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