netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] bitmap: add a couple more helpers to work with arrays of u32s

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Message-ID: <Y1FKkHEtc80wVWw3@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:18:08 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] bitmap: add a couple more helpers to
 work with arrays of u32s

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 05:21:01PM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 04:00:23PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote:

...

> > +static inline size_t bitmap_arr32_size(size_t nbits)
> > +{
> > +	return array_size(BITS_TO_U32(nbits), sizeof(u32));
> 
> To me this looks simpler: round_up(nbits, 32) / BITS_PER_BYTE.
> Can you check which generates better code?

It's not only about better code, but also about overflow protection, which your
proposal is missing.

> > +}

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko