Re: [PATCH 2/2] lib: bitmap: reduce the number of goto again in bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off()

["Michał Nazarewicz" <mina86@mina86.com>]

On Tue, May 12 2026, Yi Sun wrote:
> Finding a contiguous free region in a highly fragmented
> bitmap is not easy and may require many repeated attempts.
> Therefore, find_next_bit(map, end, index) is not the optimal choice.
> This is because there may be multiple scattered free regions
> within the range [index, end) and none of them will meet the length
> requirement of @nr.
> Instead, it's sufficient to directly find the last bit within
> the range [index, end), thus reducing unnecessary "goto again" calls.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yi Sun <yi.sun@unisoc.com>

Acked-by: Michał Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>

> ---
>  lib/bitmap.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
> index b9bfa157e095..53961a7683a4 100644
> --- a/lib/bitmap.c
> +++ b/lib/bitmap.c
> @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ unsigned long bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off(unsigned long *map,
>  	end = index + nr;
>  	if (end > size)
>  		return end;
> -	i = find_next_bit(map, end, index);
> +	i = find_last_bit_range(map, end, index);
>  	if (i < end) {
>  		start = i + 1;
>  		goto again;

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