Re: [PATCH 1/6] bitops: Introduce the the for_each_set_clump macro

[Lukas Wunner]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:42:00PM -0400, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> Within this patchset the only non-8-bit users are gpio-thunderx and
> gpio-xilinix. The gpio-xilinx has configurable port widths so in some
> instances it can behave like the 8-bit users, but not always.
> 
> If you want to keep the existing for_each_set_clump8 and related
> functions, ignore [PATCH 3/6] and [PATCH 4/6]. That should allow this
> patchset to be just an introduction of the new generic functions without
> affecting the existing 8-bit users.

Yes I don't mind the changes to gpio-thunderx and gpio-xilinx at all
but please leave the 8-bit users as they are wherever possible.
Actually my concern is not just performance but the existing 8-bit
variant is simpler to understand than the generic variant,
making it easier to follow the code in the drivers.

Thanks,

Lukas