linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] binder: use bitmap for faster descriptor lookup

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Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 16:38:51 +0000
From: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>, Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
	Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
	Tim Murray <timmurray@...gle.com>, John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
	Steven Moreland <smoreland@...gle.com>,
	Nick Chen <chenjia3@...o.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] binder: use bitmap for faster descriptor lookup

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 05:29:29PM +0200, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 6:09 PM Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com> wrote:
> > +static inline int
> > +dbitmap_get_first_zero_bit(struct dbitmap *dmap, unsigned long *bit)
> > +{
> > +       unsigned long n;
> > +
> > +       n = find_first_zero_bit(dmap->map, dmap->nbits);
> > +       if (unlikely(n == dmap->nbits))
> > +               return -ENOSPC;
> > +
> > +       *bit = n;
> > +       set_bit(n, dmap->map);
> > +
> > +       return 0;
> > +}
> 
> Could we rename this method to something that makes it more clear that
> it's not just a getter, but that it actually also sets the bit?
> 
> Alice

Sure, what were you thinking? I had picked "get" and not just "find" to
indicate this behavior. However, I'll take any better ideas. The option
of dbitmap_find_and_set_first_zero_bit() seemed too long for me.

--
Carlos Llamas