lib: bitmap: make nbits parameter of bitmap_equal unsigned
authorRasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Wed, 6 Aug 2014 23:09:53 +0000 (16:09 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 7 Aug 2014 01:01:26 +0000 (18:01 -0700)
The compiler can generate slightly smaller and simpler code when it
knows that "nbits" is non-negative.  Since no-one passes a negative
bit-count, this shouldn't affect the semantics.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/bitmap.h
lib/bitmap.c

index bc7e520d3f78fb1368ae751e5cd79ab1a6bf26a9..1e0f46c911250fd64931a48762a0cbf0462701f5 100644 (file)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 extern int __bitmap_empty(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int nbits);
 extern int __bitmap_full(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int nbits);
 extern int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
-                       const unsigned long *bitmap2, int bits);
+                         const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
 extern void __bitmap_complement(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
                        int bits);
 extern void __bitmap_shift_right(unsigned long *dst,
index 9859f38660f9ba566eb546771e1f4a536200e805..d6bb955e71cb79ea31e12515adaea0c99e040886 100644 (file)
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ int __bitmap_full(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_full);
 
 int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
-               const unsigned long *bitmap2, int bits)
+               const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int bits)
 {
-       int k, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
+       unsigned int k, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
        for (k = 0; k < lim; ++k)
                if (bitmap1[k] != bitmap2[k])
                        return 0;