Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND 3/6] bitmap: Make bitmap_onto() available to users

[Herve Codina]

Hi Andy,

On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:27:16 +0200
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 08:56:31AM +0100, Herve Codina wrote:
> > Currently the bitmap_onto() is available only for CONFIG_NUMA=y case,
> > while some users may benefit out of it and being independent to NUMA
> > code.
> > 
> > Make it available to users by moving out of ifdeffery and exporting for
> > modules.  
> 
> Wondering if you are trying to have something like
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230926052007.3917389-1-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 

Yes, it looks like.
Can you confirm that your bitmap_scatter() do the same operations as the
existing bitmap_onto() ?

If so, your bitmap_gather() will match my bitmap_off() (patch 4 in this series).

Thanks,
Hervé

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