On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 at 01:49, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A lot of code become ugly because of open coding allocations for bitmaps. > > Introduce three helpers to allow users be more clear of intention > and keep their code neat. > > Note, due to multiple circular dependencies we may not provide > the helpers as inliners. For now we keep them exported and, perhaps, > at some point in the future we will sort out header inclusion and > inheritance. > > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/bitmap.h | 8 ++++++++ > lib/bitmap.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h > index 1ee46f492267..acf5e8df3504 100644 > --- a/include/linux/bitmap.h > +++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h > @@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ > * contain all bit positions from 0 to 'bits' - 1. > */ > > +/* > + * Allocation and deallocation of bitmap. > + * Provided in lib/bitmap.c to avoid circular dependency. > + */ > +extern unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags); > +extern unsigned long *bitmap_zalloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags); > +extern void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap); > + > /* > * lib/bitmap.c provides these functions: > */ > diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c > index 33e95cd359a2..09acf2fd6a35 100644 > --- a/lib/bitmap.c > +++ b/lib/bitmap.c > @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ > #include <linux/bitops.h> > #include <linux/bug.h> > #include <linux/kernel.h> > +#include <linux/slab.h> > #include <linux/string.h> > #include <linux/uaccess.h> > > @@ -1125,6 +1126,24 @@ void bitmap_copy_le(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src, unsigned int n > EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_copy_le); > #endif > > +unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags) > +{ > + return kmalloc_array(BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits), sizeof(unsigned long), flags); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_alloc); > + > +unsigned long *bitmap_zalloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags) > +{ > + return bitmap_alloc(nbits, flags | __GFP_ZERO); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_zalloc); > + > +void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap) > +{ > + kfree(bitmap); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_free); > + > #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64 > /** > * bitmap_from_arr32 - copy the contents of u32 array of bits to bitmap stable-rc 4.14 build failed due to these build error, lib/bitmap.c: In function 'bitmap_from_u32array': lib/bitmap.c:1133:1: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code [-Wdeclaration-after-statement] unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags) ^~~~~~~~ In file included from /srv/oe/build/tmp-lkft-glibc/work-shared/intel-corei7-64/kernel-source/lib/bitmap.c:8:0: lib/bitmap.c:1138:15: error: non-static declaration of 'bitmap_alloc' follows static declaration EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_alloc); ^ include/linux/export.h:65:21: note: in definition of macro '___EXPORT_SYMBOL' extern typeof(sym) sym; \ ^~~ lib/bitmap.c:1138:1: note: in expansion of macro 'EXPORT_SYMBOL' EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_alloc); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ lib/bitmap.c:1133:16: note: previous definition of 'bitmap_alloc' was here unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags) ^~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from /srv/oe/build/tmp-lkft-glibc/work-shared/intel-corei7-64/kernel-source/lib/bitmap.c:8:0: lib/bitmap.c:1144:15: error: non-static declaration of 'bitmap_zalloc' follows static declaration EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_zalloc); ^ include/linux/export.h:65:21: note: in definition of macro '___EXPORT_SYMBOL' extern typeof(sym) sym; \ ^~~ lib/bitmap.c:1144:1: note: in expansion of macro 'EXPORT_SYMBOL' EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_zalloc); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ lib/bitmap.c:1140:16: note: previous definition of 'bitmap_zalloc' was here unsigned long *bitmap_zalloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from /srv/oe/build/tmp-lkft-glibc/work-shared/intel-corei7-64/kernel-source/lib/bitmap.c:8:0: lib/bitmap.c:1150:15: error: non-static declaration of 'bitmap_free' follows static declaration EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_free); ^ include/linux/export.h:65:21: note: in definition of macro '___EXPORT_SYMBOL' extern typeof(sym) sym; \ ^~~ lib/bitmap.c:1150:1: note: in expansion of macro 'EXPORT_SYMBOL' EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_free); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ lib/bitmap.c:1146:6: note: previous definition of 'bitmap_free' was here void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap) ^~~~~~~~~~~ CC drivers/char/random.o scripts/Makefile.build:326: recipe for target 'lib/bitmap.o' failed make[3]: *** [lib/bitmap.o] Error 1 Makefile:1052: recipe for target 'lib' failed make[2]: *** [lib] Error 2 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel