Re: [PATCH 0/3] Cleanup and optimize a few bitmap operations

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Thu Nov 25 2021 - 12:33:37 EST


On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 10:30:08PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Patch 1 and 2 are just cleanups that uses 'bitmap_zalloc()' and 'bitmap_set()'
> instead of hand-writing these functions.
>
> Patch 3 is more questionable. It replaces calls to '[set|clear]_bit()' by their
> non-atomic '__[set|clear]_bit()' alternatives.
> It looks safe to do so because accesses to the corresponding bitmaps are
> protected by spinlocks.
> However, this patch is compile-tested only. It is not sure that it worth
> changing the code just for saving a few atomic operations.
> So review, test and apply only if it make sense.
>
> Christophe JAILLET (3):
> RDMA/cxgb4: Use bitmap_zalloc() when applicable
> RDMA/cxgb4: Use bitmap_set() when applicable
> RDMA/cxgb4: Use non-atomic bitmap functions when possible

Applied to for-next, thanks

Jason