On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 03:59:25PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 01:51:13PM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> > Manipulating 64-bit arrays with bitmap functions is potentially dangerous
> > because on 32-bit BE machines the order of halfwords doesn't match.
> > Another issue is that compiler may throw a warning about out-of-boundary
> > access.
> >
> > This patch adds bitmap_{from,to}_arr64 functions in addition to existing
> > bitmap_{from,to}_arr32.
>
> ...
>
> > + bitmap_copy_clear_tail((unsigned long *) (bitmap), \
> > + (const unsigned long *) (buf), (nbits))
>
> Drop spaces after castings. Besides that it might be placed on a single line.
>
> ...
OK
>
> > + bitmap_copy_clear_tail((unsigned long *) (buf), \
> > + (const unsigned long *) (bitmap), (nbits))
>
> Ditto.
>
> ...
>
> > +void bitmap_to_arr64(u64 *buf, const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int nbits)
> > +{
> > + const unsigned long *end = bitmap + BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits);
> > +
> > + while (bitmap < end) {
> > + *buf = *bitmap++;
> > + if (bitmap < end)
> > + *buf |= (u64)(*bitmap++) << 32;
> > + buf++;
> > + }
> >
> > + /* Clear tail bits in last element of array beyond nbits. */
> > + if (nbits % 64)
> > + buf[-1] &= GENMASK_ULL(nbits, 0);
>
> Hmm... if nbits is > 0 and < 64, wouldn't be this problematic, since
> end == bitmap? Or did I miss something?
BITS_TO_LONGS(0) == 0
BITS_TO_LONGS(1..32) == 1
BITS_TO_LONGS(33..64) == 2
The only potential problem with buf[-1] is nbits == 0, but fortunately
(0 % 64) == 0, and it doesn't happen.
Thanks,
Yury
> > +}
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
