Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] bitmap: Add bitmap_alloc(), bitmap_zalloc() and bitmap_free()

[Dmitry Torokhov]

Hi Andy,

On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 11:31:18AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> A lot of code become ugly because of open coding allocations for bitmaps.
> 
> Introduce three helpers to allow users be more clear of intention
> and keep their code neat.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This looks nice and I like how it simplifies drivers. How do we merge
this? 

> ---
>  include/linux/bitmap.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
> index 1ee46f492267..845822425393 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/types.h>
>  #include <linux/bitops.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/string.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  
> @@ -104,6 +105,21 @@
>   * contain all bit positions from 0 to 'bits' - 1.
>   */
>  
> +static inline unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags)
> +{
> +	return kmalloc_array(BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits), sizeof(unsigned long), flags);
> +}
> +
> +static inline unsigned long *bitmap_zalloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags)
> +{
> +	return kcalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits), sizeof(unsigned long), flags);

	retrun bitmap_alloc(nbits, flags | __GFP_ZERO);

?

> +}
> +
> +static inline void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap)
> +{
> +	kfree(bitmap);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * lib/bitmap.c provides these functions:
>   */
> -- 
> 2.17.0
> 

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry