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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org, pcc@google.com,
	andreyknvl@gmail.com, aleksander.lobakin@intel.com,
	linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk, yury.norov@gmail.com,
	alexandru.elisei@arm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, eugenis@google.com,
	syednwaris@gmail.com, william.gray@linaro.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] lib/bitmap: add bitmap_{read,write}()
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:34:24 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZTpq4OiUr+jzeH1q@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG_fn=Uv+ox4a1x=-w8DTU_Pj9VPh9TYhBRcDsPh+=Kc2Jsg5w@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 03:28:25PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:

...

> > I still didn't get the grouping you implied with this...
> 
> Given your second reply, I can disregard this one, right?

Yes.

...

> > > +     if (unlikely(!nbits || nbits > BITS_PER_LONG))
> > > +             return 0;
> >
> > ...this return in the Return section.
> >
> 
> Parameter description for @nbits actually mentions BITS_PER_LONG
> already, so would it be ok to drop the Note: and extend the Returns:
> section as follows:
> 
> + * Returns: value of nbits located at the @start bit offset within the @map
> + * memory region. For @nbits = 0 and @nbits > BITS_PER_LONG the return value
> + * is undefined.
> 
> ?

Fine to me.

> (Yury didn't want the zero return value to be part of the contract here).


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



      reply	other threads:[~2023-10-26 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-25  8:38 [PATCH v9 1/2] lib/bitmap: add bitmap_{read,write}() Alexander Potapenko
2023-10-25  8:38 ` [PATCH v9 2/2] lib/test_bitmap: add tests for bitmap_{read,write}() Alexander Potapenko
2023-10-26 12:15 ` [PATCH v9 1/2] lib/bitmap: add bitmap_{read,write}() Andy Shevchenko
2023-10-26 12:16   ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-10-26 13:28   ` Alexander Potapenko
2023-10-26 13:34     ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]

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