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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v20 0/7] Virtio-balloon Enhancement
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 04:14:37 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171221121437.GA22405__36117.0130120174$1513858392$gmane$org@bombadil.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5A3B2148.8050306@intel.com>

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:49:44AM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> On 12/21/2017 01:10 AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> One more question is about the return value, why would it be ambiguous? I
> think it is the same as find_next_bit() which returns the found bit or size
> if not found.

Because find_next_bit doesn't reasonably support a bitmap which is
ULONG_MAX in size.  The point of XBitmap is to support a bitmap which
is ULONG_MAX in size, so every possible return value is a legitimate
"we found a bit here".  There's no value which can possibly be used for
"no bit was found".

  reply	other threads:[~2017-12-21 12:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 144+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-19 12:17 [PATCH v20 0/7] Virtio-balloon Enhancement Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` [PATCH v20 1/7] xbitmap: Introduce xbitmap Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 15:58   ` Philippe Ombredanne
2017-12-19 15:58     ` [Qemu-devel] " Philippe Ombredanne
2017-12-19 15:58     ` Philippe Ombredanne
2017-12-19 15:58   ` Philippe Ombredanne
2017-12-19 12:17 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` [PATCH v20 2/7] xbitmap: potential improvement Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` [PATCH v20 3/7] xbitmap: add more operations Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` [PATCH v20 4/7] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_SG Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-24  3:21   ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-24  3:21     ` [Qemu-devel] " Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-24  3:21     ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-24  3:21     ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-24  4:45     ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-24  4:45       ` [Qemu-devel] " Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-24  4:45       ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-24  7:42       ` Wei Wang
2017-12-24  7:42       ` Wei Wang
2017-12-24  7:42         ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-24  7:42         ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-24  7:42         ` Wei Wang
2017-12-24  8:16         ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-24  8:16         ` Wei Wang
2017-12-24  8:16           ` Wei Wang
2017-12-24  8:16           ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-24  8:16           ` Wei Wang
2017-12-25 14:51           ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-25 14:51             ` [Qemu-devel] " Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-25 14:51             ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-26  3:06             ` Wei Wang
2017-12-26  3:06               ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-26  3:06               ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-26  3:06               ` Wei Wang
2017-12-26 10:38               ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-26 10:38                 ` [Qemu-devel] " Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-26 10:38                 ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-26 11:36                 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-26 11:36                 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-26 11:36                   ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-26 11:36                   ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-26 11:36                   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-26 13:40                 ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-26 13:40                   ` [Qemu-devel] " Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-26 13:40                   ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-26  3:06             ` Wei Wang
2018-01-02 13:24         ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-01-02 13:24           ` [Qemu-devel] " Matthew Wilcox
2018-01-02 13:24           ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-01-03  2:29           ` Tetsuo Handa
2018-01-03  2:29             ` [Qemu-devel] " Tetsuo Handa
2018-01-03  2:29             ` Tetsuo Handa
2018-01-03  9:00             ` Wei Wang
2018-01-03  9:00               ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2018-01-03  9:00               ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2018-01-03  9:00               ` Wei Wang
2018-01-03 10:19               ` Tetsuo Handa
2018-01-03 10:19                 ` [Qemu-devel] " Tetsuo Handa
2018-01-03 10:19                 ` Tetsuo Handa
2018-01-03  9:00             ` Wei Wang
2018-01-02 13:24         ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-19 12:17 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` [PATCH v20 5/7] mm: support reporting free page blocks Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` [PATCH v20 6/7] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_VQ Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` [PATCH v20 7/7] virtio-balloon: don't report free pages when page poisoning is enabled Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 14:05 ` [PATCH v20 0/7] Virtio-balloon Enhancement Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-19 14:05   ` [Qemu-devel] " Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-19 14:05   ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-19 14:40   ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-19 14:40   ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-19 14:40     ` [Qemu-devel] " Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-19 14:40     ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20  2:33     ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-20  2:33       ` [Qemu-devel] " Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-20  2:33       ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-19 18:08   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2017-12-19 18:08     ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2017-12-19 18:08     ` [Qemu-devel] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2017-12-19 18:08     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2017-12-19 18:08   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2017-12-20 10:34   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-20 10:34     ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-20 10:34     ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-20 10:34     ` Wei Wang
2017-12-20 12:25     ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20 12:25     ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20 12:25       ` [Qemu-devel] " Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20 12:25       ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20 16:13       ` Wang, Wei W
2017-12-20 16:13       ` Wang, Wei W
2017-12-20 16:13         ` [virtio-dev] " Wang, Wei W
2017-12-20 16:13         ` [Qemu-devel] " Wang, Wei W
2017-12-20 16:13         ` Wang, Wei W
2017-12-20 16:13         ` Wang, Wei W
2017-12-20 17:10         ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20 17:10         ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20 17:10           ` [Qemu-devel] " Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20 17:10           ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20 17:10           ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-21  2:49           ` Wei Wang
2017-12-21  2:49           ` Wei Wang
2017-12-21  2:49             ` [virtio-dev] " Wei Wang
2017-12-21  2:49             ` [Qemu-devel] " Wei Wang
2017-12-21  2:49             ` Wei Wang
2017-12-21  2:49             ` Wei Wang
2017-12-21 12:14             ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2017-12-21 12:14             ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-21 12:14               ` [Qemu-devel] " Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-21 12:14               ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-21 12:14               ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-21 12:56             ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-21 12:56               ` [Qemu-devel] " Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-21 12:56               ` Tetsuo Handa
2017-12-20 10:34   ` Wei Wang
2017-12-19 12:17 Wei Wang

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