Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] translate-all: use bitmap helpers for PageDesc's bitmap

["Emilio G. Cota" <cota@braap.org>]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 02:25:42 -0400, Emilio G. Cota wrote:
> Note that this test
> 	if (b & ((1 << len) - 1))
> can be simplified to
> 	if (b & 1)
> , since we know that iff the first bit of a tb is set,
> all other bits from that tb are set too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
> ---
>  translate-all.c | 39 +++++----------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

*ping*
  http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/452907/

Any takers? get_maintainer.pl doesn't suggest anybody to send this to.

This gets rid of an unnecessary (and hairy) function: bitmap_set().
I even took the time to double-check with a test program that
this function is indeed equivalent to bitmap_set().

Thanks,

		Emilio