Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/15] bitmap: add a generic bitmap and bitops library

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Corentin Chary <address@hidden> wrote:
> Add most used bitmap and bitops functions into bitmap.c and bitops.c.
> Theses functions are mostly copied from Linux kernel source.
>
> Some of these functions are already redefined in the VNC server. Some
> of them could be used for some block stuff. The yet yo be submitted
> NUMA work also need bitmaps.
>
> Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <address@hidden>
> ---
>  Makefile.objs |    1 +
>  bitmap.c      |  255 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  bitmap.h      |  222 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  bitops.c      |  142 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  bitops.h      |  272 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  osdep.h       |    4 +
>  6 files changed, 896 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 bitmap.c
>  create mode 100644 bitmap.h
>  create mode 100644 bitops.c
>  create mode 100644 bitops.h

I hit a case yesterday where a common bitmap implementation would be
nice.  For now I've moved the bitmap from hw/openpic.c to bitmap.h and
modified hw/apic.c to use it too, but I was kind of hoping this patch
would make it in.  Any status?

Stefan