linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] lib: unload lib/bitmap.c

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Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2023 20:38:27 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@...ux.dev>,
        David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        James Seo <james@...iv.tech>, Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>,
        Petr Tesarik <petr.tesarik.ext@...wei.com>,
        Rae Moar <rmoar@...gle.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] lib: unload lib/bitmap.c

On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 07:32:28PM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 04:35:08PM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> > The file is intended to hold functions to operate on bit arrays, but
> > this days, more than 1/3 of bitmap.c is helpers for bitmap-to-string
> > converters, plus some wrappers for device.h.
> > 
> > So move those out of lib/bitmap.c in sake of readability and
> > maintainability.
> > 
> > Functionally, this series is a no-op.
> > 
> > Yury Norov (2):
> >   lib/bitmap: move bitmap allocators for device to linux/device.h
> >   lib/bitmap: split-out string-related operations to a separate files
> 
> OK, then if no objections, I drop #1 as a controversial, and pull #2
> into bitmap-for-next.

That's fine with me, thanks.

greg k-h