Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_ring: use helper function is_power_of_2()

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 21/10/22 08:27, shaoqin.huang@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Shaoqin Huang <shaoqin.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Use helper function is_power_of_2() to check if num is power of two.
> Minor readability improvement.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shaoqin Huang <shaoqin.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> index 2e7689bb933b..723c4e29e1d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> @@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static int vring_alloc_queue_split(struct vring_virtqueue_split *vring_split,
>   	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
>   
>   	/* We assume num is a power of 2. */
> -	if (num & (num - 1)) {
> +	if (!is_power_of_2(num)) {
>   		dev_warn(&vdev->dev, "Bad virtqueue length %u\n", num);
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   	}

This makes the following code unreachable:

	if (!num)
		return -ENOMEM;

Do we want to move it earlier or remove it?

Regards,

Phil.