Re: [PATCH v15 01/14] bitops: Introduce the for_each_set_clump8 macro

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Wed Oct 09 2019 - 05:26:15 EST


On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 8:37 PM William Breathitt Gray
<vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This macro iterates for each 8-bit group of bits (clump) with set bits,
> within a bitmap memory region. For each iteration, "start" is set to the
> bit offset of the found clump, while the respective clump value is
> stored to the location pointed by "clump". Additionally, the
> bitmap_get_value8 and bitmap_set_value8 functions are introduced to
> respectively get and set an 8-bit value in a bitmap memory region.
>
> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx>

As usual I am happy to merge all this but I would need
Andrew Morton's ACK, as I don't feel like a maintainer for
the bitops.

Yours,
Linus Walleij