netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] bitops: Introduce find_next_andnot

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Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:00:41 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
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        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] bitops: Introduce find_next_andnot_bit()

On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:26:43 +0100
Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com> wrote:

> How about:

> 
>   find the next set bit in (*addr1 & ~*addr2)

I understand the above better. But to convert that into English, we could
say:


  Find the next bit in *addr1 excluding all the bits in *addr2.

or

  Find the next bit in *addr1 that is not set in *addr2.

-- Steve