netdev - RE: [PATCH v10 05/20] dlb: add scheduling domain configuration

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Message-ID: <BYAPR11MB309506F9C8C5814583903048D9919@BYAPR11MB3095.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Mar 2021 01:35:15 +0000
From:   "Chen, Mike Ximing" <mike.ximing.chen@...el.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com" 
        <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>,
        Gage Eads <gage.eads@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v10 05/20] dlb: add scheduling domain configuration



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 11:54:08AM -0600, Mike Ximing Chen wrote:
> > +static inline int dlb_bitmap_clear_range(struct dlb_bitmap *bitmap,
> > +					 unsigned int bit,
> > +					 unsigned int len)
> > +{
> > +	if (!bitmap || !bitmap->map)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	if (bitmap->len <= bit)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	bitmap_clear(bitmap->map, bit, len);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> 
> Why isn't logic like this just added to the lib/bitmap.c file?
> 
> > +static inline int dlb_bitmap_find_set_bit_range(struct dlb_bitmap *bitmap,
> > +						unsigned int len)
> > +{
> > +	struct dlb_bitmap *complement_mask = NULL;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	if (!bitmap || !bitmap->map || len == 0)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	if (bitmap->len < len)
> > +		return -ENOENT;
> > +
> > +	ret = dlb_bitmap_alloc(&complement_mask, bitmap->len);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> > +	bitmap_zero(complement_mask->map, complement_mask->len);
> > +
> > +	bitmap_complement(complement_mask->map, bitmap->map, bitmap->len);
> > +
> > +	ret = bitmap_find_next_zero_area(complement_mask->map,
> > +					 complement_mask->len,
> > +					 0,
> > +					 len,
> > +					 0);
> > +
> > +	dlb_bitmap_free(complement_mask);
> > +
> > +	/* No set bit range of length len? */
> > +	return (ret >= (int)bitmap->len) ? -ENOENT : ret;
> > +}
> 
> Same here, why not put this in the core kernel instead of a tiny random
> driver like this?
> 

OK, we will put them in include/Linux/bitmap.h.

Thanks
Mike