[PATCH 03/18] lib: bitmap: Make nbits parameter of bitmap_equal unsigned

[Rasmus Villemoes]

The compiler can generate slightly smaller and simpler code when it
knows that "nbits" is non-negative. Since no-one passes a
negative bit-count, this shouldn't affect the semantics.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/bitmap.h | 2 +-
 lib/bitmap.c           | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index bc7e520..1e0f46c 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 extern int __bitmap_empty(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int nbits);
 extern int __bitmap_full(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int nbits);
 extern int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
-                	const unsigned long *bitmap2, int bits);
+			  const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
 extern void __bitmap_complement(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
 			int bits);
 extern void __bitmap_shift_right(unsigned long *dst,
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 9859f38..d6bb955 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ int __bitmap_full(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_full);
 
 int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
-		const unsigned long *bitmap2, int bits)
+		const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int bits)
 {
-	int k, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
+	unsigned int k, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
 	for (k = 0; k < lim; ++k)
 		if (bitmap1[k] != bitmap2[k])
 			return 0;
-- 
1.9.2

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