Re: [PATCH v18 01/14] bitops: Introduce the for_each_set_clump8 macro

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Oct 10 2019 - 09:18:49 EST


On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 02:18:55PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 13:14:37 -0400 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.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > +#define for_each_set_clump8(start, clump, bits, size) \
> > + for ((start) = find_first_clump8(&(clump), (bits), (size)); \
> > + (start) < (size); \
> > + (start) = find_next_clump8(&(clump), (bits), (size), (start) + 8))
> > +
>
> It wouldn't hurt to give this some documentation. In kerneldoc form, I
> guess.

Good idea!

William, I have just tested your series with a complex hardware setup,
everything works to me.

I think I may give

Tested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

for this patch as well.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko