Re: [PATCH] i2o: fix notifiers when max_drivers is configured

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon May 21 2007 - 00:19:18 EST


On Sun, 20 May 2007 23:27:28 +0900 Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Maxinum number of I2O drivers which could be registered is
> configurable by max_drivers module parameter.
>
> But the module parameter is ignored and default value (I2O_MAX_DRIVERS = 8)
> is used in the loops to notify all registered drivers.
>
> Cc: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/message/i2o/driver.c | 14 +++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> Index: 2.6-mm/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6-mm.orig/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c
> +++ 2.6-mm/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
> #include <linux/workqueue.h>
> #include <linux/string.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/log2.h>
> #include "core.h"
>
> #define OSM_NAME "i2o"
> @@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ void i2o_driver_notify_controller_add_al
> int i;
> struct i2o_driver *drv;
>
> - for (i = 0; i < I2O_MAX_DRIVERS; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i < i2o_max_drivers; i++) {
> drv = i2o_drivers[i];
>
> if (drv)
> @@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ void i2o_driver_notify_controller_remove
> int i;
> struct i2o_driver *drv;
>
> - for (i = 0; i < I2O_MAX_DRIVERS; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i < i2o_max_drivers; i++) {
> drv = i2o_drivers[i];
>
> if (drv)
> @@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ void i2o_driver_notify_device_add_all(st
> int i;
> struct i2o_driver *drv;
>
> - for (i = 0; i < I2O_MAX_DRIVERS; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i < i2o_max_drivers; i++) {
> drv = i2o_drivers[i];
>
> if (drv)
> @@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ void i2o_driver_notify_device_remove_all
> int i;
> struct i2o_driver *drv;
>
> - for (i = 0; i < I2O_MAX_DRIVERS; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i < i2o_max_drivers; i++) {
> drv = i2o_drivers[i];
>
> if (drv)
> @@ -340,8 +341,7 @@ int __init i2o_driver_init(void)
> spin_lock_init(&i2o_drivers_lock);
>
> if ((i2o_max_drivers < 2) || (i2o_max_drivers > 64) ||
> - ((i2o_max_drivers ^ (i2o_max_drivers - 1)) !=
> - (2 * i2o_max_drivers - 1))) {
> + !is_power_of_2(i2o_max_drivers)) {
> osm_warn("max_drivers set to %d, but must be >=2 and <= 64 and "
> "a power of 2\n", i2o_max_drivers);
> i2o_max_drivers = I2O_MAX_DRIVERS;
> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int __init i2o_driver_init(void)
> osm_info("max drivers = %d\n", i2o_max_drivers);
>
> i2o_drivers =
> - kzalloc(i2o_max_drivers * sizeof(*i2o_drivers), GFP_KERNEL);
> + kcalloc(i2o_max_drivers, sizeof(*i2o_drivers), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!i2o_drivers)
> return -ENOMEM;
>

Is there any particular reason why i2o_max_drivers must be a power of two?
It seems a peculiar constraint.
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