[PATCH 3/9] all: replace bitmap_weigth() with bitmap_{empty,full,eq,gt,le}

Michał Mirosław mirq-linux at rere.qmqm.pl
Sat Nov 27 20:47:43 PST 2021


On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 07:56:58PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote:
> bitmap_weight() counts all set bits in the bitmap unconditionally.
> However in some cases we can traverse a part of bitmap when we
> only need to check if number of set bits is greater, less or equal
> to some number.
> 
> This patch replaces bitmap_weight() with one of
> bitmap_{empty,full,eq,gt,le), as appropriate.
> 
> In some places driver code has been optimized further, where it's
> trivial.
[...]

I think this patch needs to be split. bitmap_full/empty() conversions
can be separated (don't need the bitmap_weight_*() functions) and
not all changes are trivial. Besides, gathering and checking all the
acks needed into one patch seems problematic.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław



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