linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] xen-blkfront: Use the bitmap API when applicable

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Date:   Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:08:26 +0100
From:   Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:     Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
CC:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, <jgross@...e.com>,
        <sstabellini@...nel.org>, <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xen-blkfront: Use the bitmap API when applicable

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 11:59:39AM +0100, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 09:16:04PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > Use 'bitmap_zalloc()' to simplify code, improve the semantic and avoid some
> > open-coded arithmetic in allocator arguments.
> > 
> > Also change the corresponding 'kfree()' into 'bitmap_free()' to keep
> > consistency.
> > 
> > Use 'bitmap_copy()' to avoid an explicit 'memcpy()'
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> 
> Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>

Oh, I see there's been further discussion on this to avoid relying
implicitly on the size of the bitmap being rounded to the size of an
unsigned long. I think a new version is expected then?

Thanks, Roger.