[PATCH 1/2] bitops: use find_first_zero_bit() instead of find_next_zero_bit(addr, size, 0)

From: Akinobu Mita
Date: Fri Nov 26 2010 - 11:28:40 EST


The little-endian bitops patch series introduced inefficiency to some
little-endian architectures.

include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h defines find_first_zero_le_bit() like this:

#define find_first_zero_le_bit(addr, size) \
find_next_zero_le_bit((addr), (size), 0)

All little-endian architectures include le.h and little-endian bitops
are just aliases for their native endian bitops. So above macro definision
is converted to:

#define find_first_zero_le_bit(addr, size) \
find_next_zero_bit(addr, size, 0)

This is inefficient for some architectures which have faster
find_first_zero_bit() than find_next_zero_bit(addr, size, 0).

Fix it by aliasing find_first_zero_bit() to find_first_zero_le_bit()
on little-endian architectures.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h | 8 +++++---
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h
index 6ad46ce..17a7119 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
find_next_zero_bit(addr, size, offset)
#define find_next_le_bit(addr, size, offset) \
find_next_bit(addr, size, offset)
+#define find_first_zero_le_bit(addr, size) \
+ find_first_zero_bit(addr, size)

#elif defined(__BIG_ENDIAN)

@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ extern unsigned long find_next_zero_le_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
extern unsigned long find_next_le_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
unsigned long size, unsigned long offset);

+#define find_first_zero_le_bit(addr, size) \
+ find_next_zero_le_bit((addr), (size), 0)
+
#else
#error "Please fix <asm/byteorder.h>"
#endif
@@ -43,7 +48,4 @@ extern unsigned long find_next_le_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
#define __test_and_clear_le_bit(nr, addr) \
__test_and_clear_bit((nr) ^ BITOP_LE_SWIZZLE, (addr))

-#define find_first_zero_le_bit(addr, size) \
- find_next_zero_le_bit((addr), (size), 0)
-
#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_LE_H_ */
--
1.7.3.2

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/