Re: [PATCH v9 1/9] bitops: Introduce the for_each_set_clump8 macro

[Andrew Morton]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 09:31:00 +0100 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 8:47 AM William Breathitt Gray
> <vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > This macro iterates for each 8-bit group of bits (clump) with set bits,
> > within a bitmap memory region. For each iteration, "start" is set to the
> > bit offset of the found clump, while the respective clump value is
> > stored to the location pointed by "clump". Additionally, the
> > bitmap_get_value8 and bitmap_set_value8 functions are introduced to
> > respectively get and set an 8-bit value in a bitmap memory region.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Andrew: would you be OK with this being merged in v5.1?

Yup.  We have quite a few users there.  I assume this will go via the
gpio tree?

Feel free to add Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
although it probably isn't worth churning the git tree to do so at this
late stage - your cvall.