Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] lib: bitmap: remove the 'extern' keyword from function declarations

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Mar 04 2021 - 08:01:39 EST


On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 11:24:45AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The 'extern' keyword doesn't have any benefits in header files. Remove it.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
A few nitpicks below.

> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/bitmap.h | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
> index 70a932470b2d..6939a8983026 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
> @@ -118,54 +118,53 @@
> * Allocation and deallocation of bitmap.
> * Provided in lib/bitmap.c to avoid circular dependency.
> */
> -extern unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags);
> -extern unsigned long *bitmap_zalloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags);
> -extern void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap);
> +unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags);
> +unsigned long *bitmap_zalloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags);
> +void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap);
>
> /*
> * lib/bitmap.c provides these functions:
> */
>
> -extern int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> - const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern bool __pure __bitmap_or_equal(const unsigned long *src1,
> - const unsigned long *src2,
> - const unsigned long *src3,
> - unsigned int nbits);
> -extern void __bitmap_complement(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> - unsigned int nbits);
> -extern void __bitmap_shift_right(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> - unsigned int shift, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern void __bitmap_shift_left(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> - unsigned int shift, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern void bitmap_cut(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> - unsigned int first, unsigned int cut,
> - unsigned int nbits);
> -extern int __bitmap_and(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> +int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> + const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);

Logically better to have

int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1, const unsigned long *bitmap2,
unsigned int nbits);

> +bool __pure __bitmap_or_equal(const unsigned long *src1,
> + const unsigned long *src2,
> + const unsigned long *src3,
> + unsigned int nbits);
> +void __bitmap_complement(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> + unsigned int nbits);
> +void __bitmap_shift_right(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> + unsigned int shift, unsigned int nbits);
> +void __bitmap_shift_left(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> + unsigned int shift, unsigned int nbits);
> +void bitmap_cut(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> + unsigned int first, unsigned int cut, unsigned int nbits);
> +int __bitmap_and(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> + const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> +void __bitmap_or(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> + const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> +void __bitmap_xor(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> + const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> +int __bitmap_andnot(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> + const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> +void __bitmap_replace(unsigned long *dst,
> + const unsigned long *old, const unsigned long *new,
> + const unsigned long *mask, unsigned int nbits);
> +int __bitmap_intersects(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern void __bitmap_or(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> - const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern void __bitmap_xor(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> - const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern int __bitmap_andnot(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> - const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern void __bitmap_replace(unsigned long *dst,
> - const unsigned long *old, const unsigned long *new,
> - const unsigned long *mask, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern int __bitmap_intersects(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> - const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern int __bitmap_subset(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> - const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern int __bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern void __bitmap_set(unsigned long *map, unsigned int start, int len);
> -extern void __bitmap_clear(unsigned long *map, unsigned int start, int len);
> -
> -extern unsigned long bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off(unsigned long *map,
> - unsigned long size,
> - unsigned long start,
> - unsigned int nr,
> - unsigned long align_mask,
> - unsigned long align_offset);
> +int __bitmap_subset(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
> + const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
> +int __bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int nbits);
> +void __bitmap_set(unsigned long *map, unsigned int start, int len);
> +void __bitmap_clear(unsigned long *map, unsigned int start, int len);
> +
> +unsigned long bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off(unsigned long *map,
> + unsigned long size,
> + unsigned long start,
> + unsigned int nr,
> + unsigned long align_mask,
> + unsigned long align_offset);
>
> /**
> * bitmap_find_next_zero_area - find a contiguous aligned zero area
> @@ -190,33 +189,33 @@ bitmap_find_next_zero_area(unsigned long *map,
> align_mask, 0);
> }
>
> -extern int bitmap_parse(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen,
> +int bitmap_parse(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen,
> unsigned long *dst, int nbits);

Can be

int bitmap_parse(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen, unsigned long *dst,
int nbits);

And I wonder why nbits here is signed.

> -extern int bitmap_parse_user(const char __user *ubuf, unsigned int ulen,
> +int bitmap_parse_user(const char __user *ubuf, unsigned int ulen,
> unsigned long *dst, int nbits);

Ditto.

> -extern int bitmap_parselist(const char *buf, unsigned long *maskp,

> +int bitmap_parselist(const char *buf, unsigned long *maskp,
> int nmaskbits);

Now can be one line.

> -extern int bitmap_parselist_user(const char __user *ubuf, unsigned int ulen,
> +int bitmap_parselist_user(const char __user *ubuf, unsigned int ulen,
> unsigned long *dst, int nbits);
> -extern void bitmap_remap(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> +void bitmap_remap(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> const unsigned long *old, const unsigned long *new, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern int bitmap_bitremap(int oldbit,

> +int bitmap_bitremap(int oldbit,
> const unsigned long *old, const unsigned long *new, int bits);

More logical

int bitmap_bitremap(int oldbit, const unsigned long *old,
const unsigned long *new, int bits);

Or even

int bitmap_bitremap(int oldbit, const unsigned long *old, const unsigned long *new,
int bits);

> -extern void bitmap_onto(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
> +void bitmap_onto(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
> const unsigned long *relmap, unsigned int bits);
> -extern void bitmap_fold(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
> +void bitmap_fold(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
> unsigned int sz, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern int bitmap_find_free_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits, int order);
> -extern void bitmap_release_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
> -extern int bitmap_allocate_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
> +int bitmap_find_free_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits, int order);
> +void bitmap_release_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
> +int bitmap_allocate_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
>
> #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
> -extern void bitmap_copy_le(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src, unsigned int nbits);
> +void bitmap_copy_le(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src, unsigned int nbits);
> #else
> #define bitmap_copy_le bitmap_copy
> #endif
> -extern unsigned int bitmap_ord_to_pos(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int ord, unsigned int nbits);
> -extern int bitmap_print_to_pagebuf(bool list, char *buf,
> +unsigned int bitmap_ord_to_pos(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int ord, unsigned int nbits);
> +int bitmap_print_to_pagebuf(bool list, char *buf,
> const unsigned long *maskp, int nmaskbits);
>
> #define BITMAP_FIRST_WORD_MASK(start) (~0UL << ((start) & (BITS_PER_LONG - 1)))
> @@ -265,9 +264,9 @@ static inline void bitmap_copy_clear_tail(unsigned long *dst,
> * therefore conversion is not needed when copying data from/to arrays of u32.
> */
> #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
> -extern void bitmap_from_arr32(unsigned long *bitmap, const u32 *buf,
> +void bitmap_from_arr32(unsigned long *bitmap, const u32 *buf,
> unsigned int nbits);

One line?

> -extern void bitmap_to_arr32(u32 *buf, const unsigned long *bitmap,
> +void bitmap_to_arr32(u32 *buf, const unsigned long *bitmap,
> unsigned int nbits);

Ditto.

> #else
> #define bitmap_from_arr32(bitmap, buf, nbits) \
> --
> 2.29.1
>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko