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From: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 18:33:29 +0800
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On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Amerigo Wang <amwang@redhat.com> wrote:
> From: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
>
> The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
> comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
> (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
>
> Writing into the file will first reset the bitmap then update it
> based on the given input.
>

We have bitmap_scnprintf() and bitmap_parse_user(), why invent a new su=
ite?


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Changli Gao(xiaosuo@gmail.com)