Re: [Patch 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap

From: Changli Gao
Date: Fri Apr 09 2010 - 06:34:16 EST


On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Amerigo Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
> comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
> (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
>
> Writing into the file will first reset the bitmap then update it
> based on the given input.
>

We have bitmap_scnprintf() and bitmap_parse_user(), why invent a new suite?


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