Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] gpio: xilinx: Utilize generic bitmap_get_value and _set_value

[Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:05 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 2:02 PM William Breathitt Gray
> <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 09:29:26AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Saturday, March 27, 2021, Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:32 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > > > <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 4:08 PM Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > +       bitmap_set_value(old, 64, state[0], 32, 0);
> > > > > > +       bitmap_set_value(old, 64, state[1], 32, 32);
> > > > >
> > > > > Isn't it effectively bitnap_from_arr32() ?
> > > > >
> > > > > > +       bitmap_set_value(new, 64, state[0], 32, 0);
> > > > > > +       bitmap_set_value(new, 64, state[1], 32, 32);
> > > > >
> > > > > Ditto.
>
> > > > With bitmap_set_value() we are also specifying the offset (or start)
> > > > position too. so that the remainder of the array remains unaffected. I
> > > > think it would not be feasible to use bitmap_from/to_arr32()  here.
> > >
> > >
> > > You have hard coded start and nbits parameters to 32. How is it not the
> > > same?
> >
> > Would these four lines become something like this:
> >
> >         bitmap_from_arr32(old, state, 64);
> >         ...
> >         bitmap_from_arr32(new, state, 64);
>
> This is my understanding, but I might miss something. I mean driver
> specifics that make my proposal incorrect.
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko

I initially (incorrectly) thought that all of the bitmap_set_value()
statements have to be replaced. But now I realised, only those
specific bitmap_set_value() calls containing 32 bits width have to
replaced.

I will incorporate the above review comments in my next v4 submission.

Regards
Syed Nayyar Waris