Re: [PATCH v2] block: simplify blksize_bits() implementation

From: Bart Van Assche
Date: Sat Oct 29 2022 - 23:01:28 EST


On 10/29/22 19:17, Dawei Li wrote:
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 57ed49f20d2e..7b537afe8b38 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1349,12 +1349,7 @@ static inline int blk_rq_aligned(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long addr,
/* assumes size > 256 */
static inline unsigned int blksize_bits(unsigned int size)
{
- unsigned int bits = 8;
- do {
- bits++;
- size >>= 1;
- } while (size > 256);
- return bits;
+ return order_base_2((size + SECTOR_SIZE - 1) >> SECTOR_SHIFT) + SECTOR_SHIFT;
}

Why the rounding ("+ SECTOR_SIZE - 1")? The blksize_bits() argument should be an argument of two.

Thanks,

Bart.