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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bitmap parsing/printing routines, version 4
Joe Korty wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 01:17:26PM -0800, Matthew Dobson wrote:
>
>>Joe,
>> I've attatched a small patch with some *small* changes, and the
>>addition of a whole lotta comments. I'd like to see what you think.
>>
>>Changes:
>>1) Added a missing '"' in the comment for the bitmap_parse function
>>2) Renamed 'oc' to 'old_c' for readability
>>3) Remove "totaldigits == 0" check at the end of bitmap_parse. I
>>believe this check is redundant. The only way that totaldigits could be
>>0 at the end of the function is if ndigits is also 0 (because they're
>>both incremented at the same time), and this condition is already
>>checked for at the end of each chunk parsed. Is this correct?
>>
>>Additions:
>>4) A whole bunch of comments. Are these all correct?
>>
>>None of the things in my patch (with the possible exception of #3)
>>change the functionality of the code, which looks great.
>>
>>Andrew, I agree with Paul's "thumbs-up" of Joe's patch. My patch is
>>solely meant to increase the readability of the bitmap_parse function.
>>
>>Cheers!
>>
>>-Matt
>
>
> Indeed you are correct, the final (totaldigits == 1) test can be removed.
> Good catch.

Thanks!

> However, IMHO you added too many comments. Unlike Andrew, I do believe
> one can have too many comments. Comments become 'too many' when they
> dilute to the point that the code can no longer be clearly read.
>
> If you reduce the comments to just those that say something not easily
> deduced from the code, then they would be acceptable to me, and would
> make a useful addition IMO. That would be all but three, or perhaps four,
> of them.
>
> Andrew, if you do like the fully commented version, then please remove
> my name from the comment in the patch. The dilute style of coding is
> not one I wish to have my name associated with.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe

I'm sorry you feel that way, Joe. I had no intention of "diluting" your
code, and I certainly don't want you to remove your name from good code
you spent significant time & effort on. I'm just about to go to sleep,
so I made this patch pretty quickly. I think the 4 comments I kept are
the most useful and non-obvious. Let me know if this looks acceptable
to you. As I said, I have no desire to have you pull your name from the
code, especially since I feel it is good code!

Andrew, once Joe and I work out an acceptable patch, we'll make sure you
get a copy.

Cheers!

-Matt
--- linux-2.6.1-joe_korty-bitmap/lib/bitmap.c.orig Mon Jan 19 11:45:32 2004
+++ linux-2.6.1-joe_korty-bitmap/lib/bitmap.c Mon Jan 19 22:57:19 2004
@@ -209,13 +209,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_snprintf);
* bits of the resultant bitmask. No chunk may specify a value larger
* than 32 bits (-EOVERFLOW), and if a chunk specifies a smaller value
* then leading 0-bits are prepended. -EINVAL is returned for illegal
- * characters and for grouping errors such as "1,,5", ,44", "," and "".
+ * characters and for grouping errors such as "1,,5", ",44", "," and "".
* Leading and trailing whitespace accepted, but not embedded whitespace.
*/
int bitmap_parse(const char __user *ubuf, unsigned int ubuflen,
unsigned long *maskp, int nmaskbits)
{
- int i, c, oc, ndigits, totaldigits, nchunks, nbits;
+ int i, c, old_c, totaldigits, ndigits, nchunks, nbits;
u32 chunk;

bitmap_clear(maskp, nmaskbits);
@@ -223,21 +223,39 @@ int bitmap_parse(const char __user *ubuf
nchunks = nbits = totaldigits = c = 0;
do {
chunk = ndigits = 0;
+
+ /* Get the next chunk of the bitmap */
while (ubuflen) {
- oc = c;
+ old_c = c;
if (get_user(c, ubuf++))
return -EFAULT;
ubuflen--;
if (isspace(c))
continue;
- if (totaldigits && c && isspace(oc))
+
+ /*
+ * If the last character was a space and the current
+ * character isn't '\0', we've got embedded whitespace.
+ * This is a no-no, so throw an error.
+ */
+ if (totaldigits && c && isspace(old_c))
return -EINVAL;
- if (!c || c == ',')
+
+ /* A '\0' or a ',' signal the end of the chunk */
+ if (c == '\0' || c == ',')
break;
+
if (!isxdigit(c))
return -EINVAL;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure there are at least 4 free bits in 'chunk'.
+ * If not, this hexdigit will overflow 'chunk', so
+ * throw an error.
+ */
if (chunk & ~((1UL << (CHUNKSZ - 4)) - 1))
return -EOVERFLOW;
+
chunk = (chunk << 4) | unhex(c);
ndigits++; totaldigits++;
}
@@ -245,6 +263,7 @@ int bitmap_parse(const char __user *ubuf
return -EINVAL;
if (nchunks == 0 && chunk == 0)
continue;
+
bitmap_shift_right(maskp, maskp, CHUNKSZ, nmaskbits);
for (i = 0; i < CHUNKSZ; i++)
if (chunk & (1 << i))
@@ -255,8 +274,6 @@ int bitmap_parse(const char __user *ubuf
return -EOVERFLOW;
} while (ubuflen && c == ',');

- if (totaldigits == 0)
- return -EINVAL;
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parse);
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