[PATCH] lib/find_bit_benchmark: avoid clearing randomly filled bitmap in test_find_first_bit()

From: Akinobu Mita

Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 11:28:30 EST


test_find_first_bit() searches for a set bit from the beginning of the
test bitmap and clears it repeatedly, eventually clearing the entire
bitmap.

After test_find_first_bit() is executed, test_find_first_and_bit() and
test_find_next_and_bit() are executed without randomly reinitializing the
cleared bitmap.

In the first phase (testing find_bit() with a random-filled bitmap),
test_find_first_bit() only operates on 1/10 of the entire size of the
testing bitmap, so this isn't a big problem.

However, in the second phase (testing find_bit() with a sparse bitmap),
test_find_first_bit() clears the entire test bitmap, so the subsequent
test_find_first_and_bit() and test_find_next_and_bit() will not find any
set bits. This is probably not the intended benchmark.

To fix this issue, test_find_first_bit() operates on a duplicated bitmap
and does not clear the original test bitmap.
The same is already done in test_find_first_and_bit().

While we're at it, add const qualifiers to the bitmap pointer arguments
in the test functions.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/find_bit_benchmark.c | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/find_bit_benchmark.c b/lib/find_bit_benchmark.c
index 402e160e7186..00d9dc61cd46 100644
--- a/lib/find_bit_benchmark.c
+++ b/lib/find_bit_benchmark.c
@@ -30,18 +30,20 @@ static DECLARE_BITMAP(bitmap, BITMAP_LEN) __initdata;
static DECLARE_BITMAP(bitmap2, BITMAP_LEN) __initdata;

/*
- * This is Schlemiel the Painter's algorithm. It should be called after
- * all other tests for the same bitmap because it sets all bits of bitmap to 1.
+ * This is Schlemiel the Painter's algorithm.
*/
-static int __init test_find_first_bit(void *bitmap, unsigned long len)
+static int __init test_find_first_bit(const void *bitmap, unsigned long len)
{
+ static DECLARE_BITMAP(cp, BITMAP_LEN) __initdata;
unsigned long i, cnt;
ktime_t time;

+ bitmap_copy(cp, bitmap, BITMAP_LEN);
+
time = ktime_get();
for (cnt = i = 0; i < len; cnt++) {
- i = find_first_bit(bitmap, len);
- __clear_bit(i, bitmap);
+ i = find_first_bit(cp, len);
+ __clear_bit(i, cp);
}
time = ktime_get() - time;
pr_err("find_first_bit: %18llu ns, %6ld iterations\n", time, cnt);
@@ -49,7 +51,8 @@ static int __init test_find_first_bit(void *bitmap, unsigned long len)
return 0;
}

-static int __init test_find_first_and_bit(void *bitmap, const void *bitmap2, unsigned long len)
+static int __init test_find_first_and_bit(const void *bitmap, const void *bitmap2,
+ unsigned long len)
{
static DECLARE_BITMAP(cp, BITMAP_LEN) __initdata;
unsigned long i, cnt;
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