Re: [PATCH] bitmap: bitmap_parse takes a kernel buffer instead of a user buffer

[inaky]

Hi Andrew

We are going to use this in the Linux UWB project; is it
possible/makes it sense to get it in?

> lib/bitmap.c:bitmap_parse() is a library function that received as input a
>  user buffer. This seemed to have originated from the way the write_proc
> function of the /proc filesystem operates.
>
> This function will be useful for other uses as well; for example, taking
> input  for /sysfs instead of /proc, so it was changed to accept kernel
> buffers. We have this use for the Linux UWB project, as part as the
> upcoming bandwidth allocator code.
>
> Only a few routines used this function and they were changed too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Inaky
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