Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] bitops: Introduce find_next_andnot_bit()

[Valentin Schneider]

On 25/08/22 14:05, Yury Norov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 07:12:04PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:
>> In preparation of introducing for_each_cpu_andnot(), add a variant of
>> find_next_bit() that negate the bits in @addr2 when ANDing them with the
>> bits in @addr1.
>>
>> Note that the _find_next_bit() @invert argument now gets split into two:
>> @invert1 for words in @addr1, @invert2 for words in @addr2. The only
>> current users of _find_next_bit() with @invert set are:
>>   o find_next_zero_bit()
>>   o find_next_zero_bit_le()
>> and neither of these pass an @addr2, so the conversion is straightforward.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Have you seen this series?
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YwaXvphVpy5A7fSs@yury-laptop/t/
>
> It will significantly simplify your work for adding the
> find_next_andnot_bit(). If you wait a week or so, you'll most likely
> find it in -next.
>

I hadn't seen it, it does look promising. I'm about to disappear for a
week, so I'll have a look once I'm back.

> Thanks,
> Yury