Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 2/3] bitmap: import bitmap_{set/clear} from Linux 5.5

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 10.02.2020 12:00, Julien Grall wrote:
> On 10/02/2020 10:28, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 10.02.2020 10:45, Julien Grall wrote:
>>> Please suggest a new name for BIT_WORD() and we can repurpose it. So
>>> far, I have no idea how to rename it.
>>
>> _BIT_WORD() if you/we were to accept the name space violation, or
>> BITMAP_WORD()?
> 
> BITMAP_WORD() is misleading as bitmap are using unsigned long. So my 
> preference is _BIT_WORD().
> 
> Another alternative would be ATOMIC_WORD().

Except that there are also non-atomic bitmap operations, I don't really
care about the name as long as it's not BIT_WORD() (or anything else
that's likely to collide with other stuff).

Jan

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