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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 03/13] xen: introduce cpumask_from_bitmap



>>> On 24.04.13 at 21:07, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
> +static inline cpumask_t cpumask_from_bitmap(unsigned long *bits, int nr_bits)
> +{
> +    cpumask_t mask;
> +    int len = nr_bits < nr_cpumask_bits ? nr_bits : nr_cpumask_bits;

min(nr_bits, nr_cpumask_bits)

> +
> +    memset(&mask, 0x00, sizeof(mask));

bitmap_zero().

> +     bitmap_copy(mask.bits, bits, len);

Hard tab.

> +
> +    return mask;
> +}

And most importantly: Why? This isn't an operation that should
commonly be done, and hence having a utility function for this
seems to invite for abuse rather than really help.

Jan


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