lib/bitmap.c: conversion routines to/from u32 array

Aimed at transferring bitmaps to/from user-space in a 32/64-bit agnostic
way.

Tested:
  unit tests (next patch) on qemu i386, x86_64, ppc, ppc64 BE and LE,
  ARM.

Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <decot@googlers.com>
Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David Decotigny 2016-02-19 09:23:59 -05:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 76d13b5687
commit e52bc7c28a
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@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
* bitmap_find_free_region(bitmap, bits, order) Find and allocate bit region
* bitmap_release_region(bitmap, pos, order) Free specified bit region
* bitmap_allocate_region(bitmap, pos, order) Allocate specified bit region
* bitmap_from_u32array(dst, nbits, buf, nwords) *dst = *buf (nwords 32b words)
* bitmap_to_u32array(buf, nwords, src, nbits) *buf = *dst (nwords 32b words)
*/
/*
@ -163,6 +165,14 @@ extern void bitmap_fold(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *orig,
extern int bitmap_find_free_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits, int order);
extern void bitmap_release_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
extern int bitmap_allocate_region(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int pos, int order);
extern unsigned int bitmap_from_u32array(unsigned long *bitmap,
unsigned int nbits,
const u32 *buf,
unsigned int nwords);
extern unsigned int bitmap_to_u32array(u32 *buf,
unsigned int nwords,
const unsigned long *bitmap,
unsigned int nbits);
#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
extern void bitmap_copy_le(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src, unsigned int nbits);
#else