Andrew Morton wrote: ... >> +/* >> + * Mark an object as used in the cpu_alloc_map >> + * >> + * Must hold cpu_alloc_map_lock >> + */ >> +static void set_map(int start, int length) >> +{ >> + while (length-- > 0) >> + __set_bit(start++, cpu_alloc_map); >> +} > > bitmap_fill()? > >> +/* >> + * Mark an area as freed. >> + * >> + * Must hold cpu_alloc_map_lock >> + */ >> +static void clear_map(int start, int length) >> +{ >> + while (length-- > 0) >> + __clear_bit(start++, cpu_alloc_map); >> +} > > bitmap_zero()? ... >> +void *cpu_alloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfpflags, unsigned long align) >> +{ >> + unsigned long start; >> + int units = size_to_units(size); >> + void *ptr; >> + int first; >> + unsigned long flags; >> + >> + if (!size) >> + return ZERO_SIZE_PTR; > > OK, so we reuse ZERO_SIZE_PTR from kmalloc. > >> + spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_alloc_map_lock, flags); >> + >> + first = 1; >> + start = first_free; >> + >> + for ( ; ; ) { >> + >> + start = find_next_zero_bit(cpu_alloc_map, UNITS, start); >> + if (start >= UNITS) >> + goto out_of_memory; >> + >> + if (first) >> + first_free = start; >> + >> + /* >> + * Check alignment and that there is enough space after >> + * the starting unit. >> + */ >> + if (start % (align / UNIT_SIZE) == 0 && >> + find_next_bit(cpu_alloc_map, UNITS, start + 1) >> + >= start + units) >> + break; >> + start++; >> + first = 0; >> + } > > This is kinda bitmap_find_free_region(), only bitmap_find_free_region() > isn't quite strong enough. > > Generally I think it would have been better if you had added new > primitives to the bitmap library (or enhanced existing ones) and used > them here, rather than implementing private functionality. Hi Andrew, I've sort of inherited this now... So are you suggesting that we add new bitmap primitives to: bitmap_fill_offset(bitmap, start, nbits) /* start at bitmap[start] */ bitmap_zero_offset(bitmap, start, nbits) bitmap_find_free_area(bitmap, nbits, size, align) /* size not order */ Thanks, Mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html