linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] lib/find: add find_nth

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Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:18:42 -0700
From:   Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Isabella Basso <isabbasso@...eup.net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] lib/find: add find_nth_bit()

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On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 08:07:10PM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> Kernel lacks for a function that searches for Nth bit in a bitmap.
> Usually people do it like this:
>   for_each_set_bit(bit, mask, size)
>           if (n-- == 0)
>                   return bit;
> 
> Which is not so elegant and very slow.
> 
> This series adds fast routines for this task, and applies them where
> appropriate.
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220706182300.70862-4-yury.norov@gmail.com/T/
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAAH8bW_RYG_Tbpip=BkSFAymDm2y3jJBqTi0PJWA=H-a-L_3tg@mail.gmail.com/T/
> v3:
>  - add bitmap_weight_and() and use it in cpumask_local_spread();
>  - rework find_nth_bit() family: similarly to [1], introduce
>    FIND_NTH_BIT(), and optimize the function to return earlier when
>    it's known that the rest of bitmap can't meet the requirement.
>  - patch "lib/nodemask: inline next_node_in() and node_random()" has
>    been merged, so drop it from this series.
> 
> On top of:
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220915020730.852234-1-yury.norov@gmail.com/T/
> 
> Yury Norov (6):
>   lib/bitmap: don't call __bitmap_weight() in kernel code
>   lib/bitmap: add bitmap_weight_and()
>   lib: add find_nth(,and,andnot)_bit()
>   lib/bitmap: add tests for find_nth_bit()
>   lib/bitmap: remove bitmap_ord_to_pos
>   cpumask: add cpumask_nth_{,and,andnot}
> 
>  fs/ntfs3/bitmap.c        |  4 +-
>  include/linux/bitmap.h   | 13 +++++-
>  include/linux/bitops.h   | 19 +++++++++
>  include/linux/cpumask.h  | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/find.h     | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/nodemask.h |  3 +-
>  lib/bitmap.c             | 68 ++++++++++++-------------------
>  lib/cpumask.c            | 28 ++++++-------
>  lib/find_bit.c           | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/find_bit_benchmark.c | 18 +++++++++
>  lib/test_bitmap.c        | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  11 files changed, 320 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1