linux-kernel - Re: [v2 1/5] lib/bitmap: add bitmap_{set,get}_value

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Message-ID: <ZLEBgGSsmOPs4Zu5@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:04:16 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Cc:     William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@...aro.org>,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org, pcc@...gle.com,
        andreyknvl@...il.com, linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
        yury.norov@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, eugenis@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [v2 1/5] lib/bitmap: add bitmap_{set,get}_value_unaligned()

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 08:05:34PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 7:29 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > +Cc: William
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 02:57:01PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> > > The two new functions allow setting/getting values of length up to
> > > BITS_PER_LONG bits at arbitrary position in the bitmap.
> >
> > A couple of years (?) ago it was a series to achieve something like this with
> > better (?) code. Why not resurrect that one?
> >
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg2195426.html
> 
> It looks more compact thanks to GENMASK, I can cook something based on
> the proposed bitmap_{set,get}_value (and change the names if you
> prefer the shorter ones).
> But I'd better avoid pulling in the rest of that series without a strong need.

William, what do you think on this?

I'm personally prefer William's version as not only it was published first
it was carefully designed and got a lot of review already. We just hadn't had
the user for it that time.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko