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Date:   Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:14:04 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] bitmap: Add bitmap_alloc(), bitmap_zalloc() and
 bitmap_free()
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:10:01 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> A lot of code become ugly because of open coding allocations for bitmaps.
> 
> Introduce three helpers to allow users be more clear of intention
> and keep their code neat.
> 
> ...
>
> +unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags)
> +{
> +	return kmalloc_array(BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits), sizeof(unsigned long), flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_alloc);
> +
> +unsigned long *bitmap_zalloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags)
> +{
> +	return bitmap_alloc(nbits, flags | __GFP_ZERO);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_zalloc);
> +
> +void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap)
> +{
> +	kfree(bitmap);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_free);
> +

I suggest these functions are small and simple enough to justify
inlining them.