Re: [PATCH 7/9] Add yaffs tag access code

[David Daney <ddaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/03/2010 09:53 AM, cdhmanning@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
[...]
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fs/yaffs2/yaffs_tagscompat.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,454 @@
> +/*
> + * YAFFS: Yet Another Flash File System. A NAND-flash specific file system.
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Aleph One Ltd.
> + *   for Toby Churchill Ltd and Brightstar Engineering
> + *
> + * Created by Charles Manning<charles@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + */
> +
> +#include "yaffs_guts.h"
> +#include "yaffs_tagscompat.h"
> +#include "yaffs_ecc.h"
> +#include "yaffs_getblockinfo.h"
> +#include "yaffs_trace.h"
> +
> +static void yaffs_handle_rd_data_error(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int nand_chunk);
> +
> +static const char yaffs_count_bits_table[256] = {
> +	0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4,
> +	1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5,
> +	1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5,
> +	2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
> +	1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5,
> +	2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
> +	2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
> +	3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7,
> +	1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5,
> +	2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
> +	2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
> +	3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7,
> +	2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
> +	3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7,
> +	3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7,
> +	4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 8
> +};
> +
> +int yaffs_count_bits(u8 x)
> +{
> +	int ret_val;
> +	ret_val = yaffs_count_bits_table[x];
> +	return ret_val;
> +}

As in the other file, the kernel has hweight8() that should probably be 
used instead.

On some architectures hweight8() expands to a single instruction. 
Others should already have something as efficient as this, and if they 
don't they probably should.

David Daney
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