From: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
To: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>
Cc: Amerigo Wang <amwang@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ebiederm@xmission.com,
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Patch 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:35:38 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201004091535.38714.opurdila@ixiacom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <s2w412e6f7f1004090333g3b23eb94udb1e6cc3939a07e5@mail.gmail.com>
On Friday 09 April 2010 13:33:29 you wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Amerigo Wang <amwang@redhat.com> wrote:
> > From: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
> >
> > The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
> > comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
> > (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).
> >
> > Writing into the file will first reset the bitmap then update it
> > based on the given input.
>
> We have bitmap_scnprintf() and bitmap_parse_user(), why invent a new suite?
>
A decimal comma separated ranges seems the best option for this feature, and
unfortunately both of the above functions only support hexadecimal and no
ranges.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-09 12:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-09 10:10 [Patch v7 0/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers Amerigo Wang
2010-04-09 10:11 ` [Patch 1/3] sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code Amerigo Wang
2010-04-09 10:49 ` Changli Gao
2010-04-09 10:49 ` Changli Gao
2010-04-09 13:40 ` Octavian Purdila
2010-04-12 6:30 ` Cong Wang
2010-04-09 10:11 ` [Patch 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap Amerigo Wang
2010-04-09 10:33 ` Changli Gao
2010-04-09 12:35 ` Octavian Purdila [this message]
2010-04-12 6:32 ` Cong Wang
2010-04-09 10:11 ` [Patch 3/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers Amerigo Wang
2010-04-09 13:21 ` Tetsuo Handa
2010-04-12 6:52 ` Cong Wang
2010-04-12 7:06 ` Tetsuo Handa
2010-04-12 10:03 [Patch v8 0/3] " Amerigo Wang
2010-04-12 10:04 ` [Patch 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap Amerigo Wang
2010-04-30 8:25 [Patch v9 0/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers Amerigo Wang
2010-04-30 8:25 ` [Patch 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap Amerigo Wang
2010-04-30 22:41 ` Changli Gao
2010-04-30 22:41 ` Changli Gao
2010-05-05 3:14 ` Cong Wang
2010-05-05 9:20 ` Cong Wang
2010-05-05 10:26 [Patch v10 0/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers Amerigo Wang
2010-05-05 10:26 ` [Patch 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap Amerigo Wang
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