Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] bitmap: Introduce alloc/free helpers

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Jul 04 2018 - 17:30:14 EST


On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 11:17 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A lot of code is using allocation of bitmaps using BITS_PER_LONG() macro and
> sizeof(unsigned long) operator. The readability suffers because of this.
>
> The series introduces three helpers, i.e. bitmap_alloc(), bitmap_zalloc() and
> bitmap_free(), to make it more cleaner.
>

Dmitry, it seems we are all set now and if you have no objections
against this version, it would be nice to see it in your tree followed
by upstream.

> Patches 1 and 2 are preparatory to avoid namespace collisions between
> bitmap API and DM / MD bitmap. No functional changes intended.
>
> Patch 3 introduces new helpers.
>
> Patches 4 and 5 is just an example how to use new helpers. Locally I have
> like dozen of them against different subsystems and drivers.
>
> Taking above into consideration it might make sense to have
> an immutable branch for this cycle.
>
> Ideally it would go through Input subsystem, thus, needs an Ack
> from MD / DM maintainer(s).
>
> Since v3:
> - split DM part and do rename accordingly (Mike)
> - explain better in the commit message why we can't make helpers as
> inliners (Dmitry, Andrew)
> - drop applied orphaned patch
>
> Since v2:
> - fix compilation issue in MD bitmap code
> - elaborate changes in commit message of patch 5
>
> Since v1:
> - added namespace fix patch against MD bitmap API
> - moved functions to lib/bitmap.c to avoid circular dependencies
> - appended Dmitry's tags
>
> Andy Shevchenko (5):
> dm: Avoid namespace collision with bitmap API
> md: Avoid namespace collision with bitmap API
> bitmap: Add bitmap_alloc(), bitmap_zalloc() and bitmap_free()
> Input: gpio-keys - Switch to bitmap_zalloc()
> Input: evdev - Switch to bitmap API
>
> drivers/input/evdev.c | 16 +-
> drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c | 8 +-
> drivers/md/dm-raid.c | 6 +-
> drivers/md/md-bitmap.c | 305 +++++++++---------
> drivers/md/md-bitmap.h | 60 ++--
> drivers/md/md-cluster.c | 18 +-
> drivers/md/md.c | 44 +--
> .../md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-common.c | 20 +-
> drivers/md/raid1.c | 35 +-
> drivers/md/raid10.c | 52 ++-
> drivers/md/raid5-cache.c | 8 +-
> drivers/md/raid5.c | 44 +--
> include/linux/bitmap.h | 8 +
> lib/bitmap.c | 19 ++
> 14 files changed, 326 insertions(+), 317 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.18.0
>



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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko