2007-02-16 12:37:09

by vignesh babu

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Subject: [KJ][PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm

Replacing (n & (n-1)) in the context of power of 2 checks
with is_power_of_2


diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 0c7e94e..0ccc70e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/log2.h>
#include <asm/mman.h>
#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
#include <asm/tlb.h>
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;

size = memparse(str, &str);
- if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
+ if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");

--
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Vignesh Babu BM
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2007-02-16 15:02:59

by Richard Knutsson

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Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm

Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
> Replacing (n & (n-1)) in the context of power of 2 checks
> with is_power_of_2
>
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> index 0c7e94e..0ccc70e 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> +++ b/arch/ia64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
> #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/sysctl.h>
> +#include <linux/log2.h>
> #include <asm/mman.h>
> #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
> #include <asm/tlb.h>
> @@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
> tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;
>
> size = memparse(str, &str);
> - if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
> + if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
> size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
> size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
> printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");
>
>
As we talked about before; is this really correct? !is_power_of_2(0) ==
true while (0 & (0-1)) == 0.

Richard Knutsson

2007-02-16 15:14:08

by Andreas Schwab

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Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm

Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:

> Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
>> @@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
>> tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;
>> size = memparse(str, &str);
>> - if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>> + if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>> size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
>> size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
>> printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");
>>
>>
> As we talked about before; is this really correct? !is_power_of_2(0) ==
> true while (0 & (0-1)) == 0.

size == 0 is also covered by the next two conditions, so the overall value
does not change.

Andreas.

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2007-02-16 15:58:10

by Richard Knutsson

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Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
>
>
>> Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
>>
>>> @@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
>>> tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;
>>> size = memparse(str, &str);
>>> - if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>> + if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>> size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
>>> size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
>>> printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> As we talked about before; is this really correct? !is_power_of_2(0) ==
>> true while (0 & (0-1)) == 0.
>>
>
> size == 0 is also covered by the next two conditions, so the overall value
> does not change.
>
Yes, but is it meant to state that 'size' is not a power of two?
Otherwise, imho, it should be left as-is.

Richard Knutsson

2007-02-16 16:00:09

by Andreas Schwab

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Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm

Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:

> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>
>>> Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
>>>
>>>> @@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
>>>> tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;
>>>> size = memparse(str, &str);
>>>> - if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>>> + if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>>> size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
>>>> size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
>>>> printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");
>>>>
>>>>
>>> As we talked about before; is this really correct? !is_power_of_2(0) ==
>>> true while (0 & (0-1)) == 0.
>>>
>>
>> size == 0 is also covered by the next two conditions, so the overall value
>> does not change.
>>
> Yes, but is it meant to state that 'size' is not a power of two?

What else can it mean?

Andreas.

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2007-02-16 16:40:25

by Richard Knutsson

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Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>
>>> Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> @@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
>>>>> tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;
>>>>> size = memparse(str, &str);
>>>>> - if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>>>> + if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>>>> size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
>>>>> size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
>>>>> printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");
>>>>>
>>>> As we talked about before; is this really correct? !is_power_of_2(0) ==
>>>> true while (0 & (0-1)) == 0.
>>>>
>>> size == 0 is also covered by the next two conditions, so the overall value
>>> does not change.
>>>
>> Yes, but is it meant to state that 'size' is not a power of two?
>>
>
> What else can it mean?
>
What about !one_or_less_bit()? It has not been implemented (yet?) but
been discussed. It ended by concluding that is_power_of_2() should be
fixed up first and then we can see about it.
And as I stated before; !is_power_of_2(size) != (size & (size-1))! It
may be a bug but then we have to be sure it is suppose to be the power of 2.

Richard Knutsson

2007-02-16 16:43:44

by Andreas Schwab

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Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm

Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:

> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>>
>>>> Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> @@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
>>>>>> tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;
>>>>>> size = memparse(str, &str);
>>>>>> - if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>>>>> + if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>>>>> size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
>>>>>> size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
>>>>>> printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");
>>>>>>
>>>>> As we talked about before; is this really correct? !is_power_of_2(0) ==
>>>>> true while (0 & (0-1)) == 0.
>>>>>
>>>> size == 0 is also covered by the next two conditions, so the overall value
>>>> does not change.
>>>>
>>> Yes, but is it meant to state that 'size' is not a power of two?
>>>
>>
>> What else can it mean?
>>
> What about !one_or_less_bit()?

Obviously not.

Andreas.

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2007-02-16 17:00:54

by Robert P. J. Day

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Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Richard Knutsson wrote:

> Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> >
> > > Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
> > >
> > > > @@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
> > > > tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;
> > > > size = memparse(str, &str);
> > > > - if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
> > > > + if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
> > > > size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
> > > > size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
> > > > printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");
> > > >
> > > >
> > > As we talked about before; is this really correct?
> > > !is_power_of_2(0) == true while (0 & (0-1)) == 0.
> >
> > size == 0 is also covered by the next two conditions, so the
> > overall value does not change.
> >
> Yes, but is it meant to state that 'size' is not a power of two?
> Otherwise, imho, it should be left as-is.

i think the above change is fine. as long as the final, overall
semantics of the condition are identical, then there's no problem.

rday

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2007-02-16 17:10:49

by Robert P. J. Day

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Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm


i'm not clear on what the possible problem is here:

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Richard Knutsson wrote:

> Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> >> Andreas Schwab wrote:
> >>
> >>> Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> @@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
> >>>>> tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;
> >>>>> size = memparse(str, &str);
> >>>>> - if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
> >>>>> + if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
> >>>>> size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
> >>>>> size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
> >>>>> printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");
> >>>>>
> >>>> As we talked about before; is this really correct? !is_power_of_2(0) ==
> >>>> true while (0 & (0-1)) == 0.
> >>>>
> >>> size == 0 is also covered by the next two conditions, so the overall value
> >>> does not change.
> >>>
> >> Yes, but is it meant to state that 'size' is not a power of two?
> >>
> >
> > What else can it mean?

> What about !one_or_less_bit()? It has not been implemented (yet?)
> but been discussed.

but whether or not it's been implemented doesn't change whether or not
the code above can be simplified. given what's being tested, and the
error message about whether a page size is valid, it seems fairly
clear that this is a power of two test. what's the problem?

> It ended by concluding that is_power_of_2() should be fixed up first
> and then we can see about it.

there's nothing about is_power_of_2() that needs "fixing". it's
correct as it's currently implemented.

> And as I stated before; !is_power_of_2(size) != (size & (size-1))!
> It may be a bug but then we have to be sure it is suppose to be the
> power of 2.

it may be that certain tests in the current code need to be examined
carefully to clarify what's being tested. but the code above seems
straightforward.

rday

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2007-02-16 17:37:11

by Richard Knutsson

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Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] is_power_of_2 in ia64mm

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> i'm not clear on what the possible problem is here:
>
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Richard Knutsson wrote:
>
>
>> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>
>>> Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Richard Knutsson <[email protected]> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Vignesh Babu BM wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_setup_sz(char *str)
>>>>>>> tr_pages = 0x15557000UL;
>>>>>>> size = memparse(str, &str);
>>>>>>> - if (*str || (size & (size-1)) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>>>>>> + if (*str || !is_power_of_2(size) || !(tr_pages & size) ||
>>>>>>> size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
>>>>>>> size >= (1UL << PAGE_SHIFT << MAX_ORDER)) {
>>>>>>> printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid huge page size specified\n");
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> As we talked about before; is this really correct? !is_power_of_2(0) ==
>>>>>> true while (0 & (0-1)) == 0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> size == 0 is also covered by the next two conditions, so the overall value
>>>>> does not change.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, but is it meant to state that 'size' is not a power of two?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> What else can it mean?
>>>
>> What about !one_or_less_bit()? It has not been implemented (yet?)
>> but been discussed.
>>
>
> but whether or not it's been implemented doesn't change whether or not
> the code above can be simplified. given what's being tested, and the
> error message about whether a page size is valid, it seems fairly
> clear that this is a power of two test. what's the problem?
>
Fsck, I can't see that. But if that is what's intended, well then...

(5 min later)
Ok, now I think I see it. Sorry for the noise..
>
>> It ended by concluding that is_power_of_2() should be fixed up first
>> and then we can see about it.
>>
>
> there's nothing about is_power_of_2() that needs "fixing". it's
> correct as it's currently implemented.
>
Oh, I didn't mean that is_power_of_2() need to be fixed, I meant
fixing/replacing the kernel with is_power_of_2().


Todays lesson: don't try to code while you have a cold...
Richard Knutsson