Re: [PATCH] null_blk: Use bitmap_zalloc() when applicable

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Jan 06 2022 - 02:45:07 EST


On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 11:28:28AM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> >
> > - tag_size = ALIGN(nq->queue_depth, BITS_PER_LONG) / BITS_PER_LONG;
> > - nq->tag_map = kcalloc(tag_size, sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + nq->tag_map = bitmap_zalloc(nq->queue_depth, GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!nq->tag_map) {
> > kfree(nq->cmds);
> > return -ENOMEM;
>
> Before this patch, tag_size would always be a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG.
> Using bitmap_zalloc(), that alignment goes away, but I think this is OK.
>

It's still going to be a multiple of long. Bitmaps are always stored
in longs.

regards,
dan carpenter