Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/6] lib/find_bit: fast path for small bitmaps

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 01:30:44PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote:
> [add David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> ]
> 
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 11:17:11AM -0800, Yury Norov wrote:
> > Bitmap operations are much simpler and faster in case of small bitmaps
> > which fit into a single word. In linux/bitmap.h we have a machinery that
> > allows compiler to replace actual function call with a few instructions
> > if bitmaps passed into the function are small and their size is known at
> > compile time.
> > 
> > find_*_bit() API lacks this functionality; despite users will benefit from
> > it a lot. One important example is cpumask subsystem when
> > NR_CPUS <= BITS_PER_LONG. In the very best case, the compiler may replace
> > a find_*_bit() call for such a bitmap with a single ffs or ffz instruction.
> > 
> > Tools is synchronized with new implementation where needed.
> > 
> > v1: https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3804727.html
> > v2: - employ GENMASK() for bitmaps;
> >     - unify find_bit inliners in;
> >     - address comments to v1;
> 
> Comments so far:
>  - increased image size (patch #8) - addressed by introducing
>    CONFIG_FAST_PATH;

>  - split tools and kernel parts - not clear why it's better.

Because tools are user space programs and sometimes may not follow kernel
specifics, so they are different logically and changes should be separated.

>  Anything else?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko