linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] lib/find_bit.c: Add find_last_zero

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Message-ID: <CAM7-yPSpqCUEJqJW+hzz9ccJbU5OnOZj1Vpyi8d5LG5=QbCTjA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 6 Dec 2020 17:45:14 +0900
From:   Yun Levi <ppbuk5246@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] lib/find_bit.c: Add find_last_zero_bit

Sorry, in 7'th patch (not 8th).


Thanks
Levi.

On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 5:31 PM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 03:46:24PM +0900, Levi Yun wrote:
> > Inspired find_next_*_bit and find_last_bit, add find_last_zero_bit
> > And add le support about find_last_bit and find_last_zero_bit.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Levi Yun <ppbuk5246@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/find_bit.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/find_bit.c b/lib/find_bit.c
> > index 4a8751010d59..f9dda2bf7fa9 100644
> > --- a/lib/find_bit.c
> > +++ b/lib/find_bit.c
> > @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size,
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_zero_bit);
> >  #endif
> >
> > -#if !defined(find_next_and_bit)
> > +#ifndef find_next_and_bit
> >  unsigned long find_next_and_bit(const unsigned long *addr1,
> >               const unsigned long *addr2, unsigned long size,
> >               unsigned long offset)
> > @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ unsigned long find_last_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size)
> >  {
> >       if (size) {
> >               unsigned long val = BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(size);
> > -             unsigned long idx = (size-1) / BITS_PER_LONG;
> > +             unsigned long idx = (size - 1) / BITS_PER_LONG;
> >
> >               do {
> >                       val &= addr[idx];
>
> This, and the change above this, are not related to this patch so you
> might not want to include them.
>
> Also, why is this patch series even needed?  I don't see a justification
> for it anywhere, only "what" this patch is, not "why".
>
> thanks
>
> greg k-h