The patch titled
Subject: include/linux/bitops.h: introduce BITS_PER_TYPE
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
bitops-introduce-bits_per_type.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/bitops-introduce-bits_per_type.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/bitops-introduce-bits_per_type.patch
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From: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: include/linux/bitops.h: introduce BITS_PER_TYPE
net_dim.h has a rather useful extension to BITS_PER_BYTE to compute the
number of bits in a type (BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(T)), so promote the macro
to bitops.h, alongside BITS_PER_BYTE, for wider usage.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180706094458.14116-1-chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/bitops.h | 3 ++-
include/linux/net_dim.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/bitops.h~bitops-introduce-bits_per_type include/linux/bitops.h
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h~bitops-introduce-bits_per_type
+++ a/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
#define BIT_ULL_MASK(nr) (1ULL << ((nr) % BITS_PER_LONG_LONG))
#define BIT_ULL_WORD(nr) ((nr) / BITS_PER_LONG_LONG)
#define BITS_PER_BYTE 8
-#define BITS_TO_LONGS(nr) DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(long))
+#define BITS_PER_TYPE(type) (sizeof(type) * BITS_PER_BYTE)
+#define BITS_TO_LONGS(nr) DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_TYPE(long))
#endif
/*
diff -puN include/linux/net_dim.h~bitops-introduce-bits_per_type include/linux/net_dim.h
--- a/include/linux/net_dim.h~bitops-introduce-bits_per_type
+++ a/include/linux/net_dim.h
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ static inline void net_dim_sample(u16 ev
}
#define NET_DIM_NEVENTS 64
-#define BITS_PER_TYPE(type) (sizeof(type) * BITS_PER_BYTE)
#define BIT_GAP(bits, end, start) ((((end) - (start)) + BIT_ULL(bits)) & (BIT_ULL(bits) - 1))
static inline void net_dim_calc_stats(struct net_dim_sample *start,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
bitops-introduce-bits_per_type.patch
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