Re: [PATCH v6 1/8] bitops: Introduce the for_each_set_clump8 macro

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 7:00 AM William Breathitt Gray
<vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This macro iterates for each 8-bit group of bits (clump) with set bits,
> within a bitmap memory region. For each iteration, "start" is set to the
> bit offset of the found clump, while the respective clump value is
> stored to the location pointed by "clump". Additionally, the
> bitmap_get_value8 and bitmap_set_value8 functions are introduced to
> respectively get and set an 8-bit value in a bitmap memory region.
>
> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx>

I am still waiting for feedback from the core lib maintainers on this patch.
If I just get an ACK I can apply it to the GPIO tree, if noone else cares
I might just go in and apply it, but it feels slightly outside of my
jurisdiction.

Maybe people were just a bit stressed out around christmas?

What about looking at it now?

Yours,
Linus Walleij