linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 4/5] w1: ds2433: use the kernel bitmap implementation

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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:52:10 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     "'marc.ferland@...il.com'" <marc.ferland@...il.com>,
        "krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org" <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
CC:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "marc.ferland@...atest.com" <marc.ferland@...atest.com>,
        "jeff.dagenais@...il.com" <jeff.dagenais@...il.com>,
        "rdunlap@...radead.org" <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 4/5] w1: ds2433: use the kernel bitmap implementation

From: marc.ferland@...il.com
> Sent: 30 November 2023 13:53
> 
> The ds2433 driver uses the 'validcrc' variable to mark out which pages
> have been successfully (crc is valid) retrieved from the eeprom and
> placed in the internal 'memory' buffer (see CONFIG_W1_SLAVE_DS2433_CRC).
> 
> The current implementation assumes that the number of pages will never
> go beyond 32 pages (bit field is a u32). This is fine for the ds2433
> since it only has 16 pages.
> 
> Use a dynamically allocated bitmap so that we can support eeproms with
> more than 32 pages which is the case for the ds28ec20 (80 pages).

Dynamically allocating seems excessive.
Why not just make the maximum a compile-time constant (say 96 or 128)
and just check that the actual size isn't too big.

> As an added bonus, the code also gets easier on the eye.

and slower :-)

	David

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