On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:22:23 -0800 (PST)
David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:16:32 +0100
> 
> > Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > Replace loop in dsmark_valid_indices with equivalent bit math.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > 
> > > --- a/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c      2008-01-20 13:07:58.000000000 -0800
> > > +++ b/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c      2008-01-20 13:22:54.000000000 -0800
> > > @@ -45,13 +45,8 @@ struct dsmark_qdisc_data {
> > >  
> > >  static inline int dsmark_valid_indices(u16 indices)
> > >  {
> > > - while (indices != 1) {
> > > -         if (indices & 1)
> > > -                 return 0;
> > > -         indices >>= 1;
> > > - }
> > > -
> > > - return 1;
> > > + /* Must have only one bit set */
> > > + return (indices & (indices - 1)) == 0;
> > 
> > hweight seems easier to understand, it took me a bit
> > to realize that the comment matches the code :)
> 
> Sounds good.  Here is what I ended up checking in.
> 
> [PKT_SCHED] dsmark: Use hweight32() instead of convoluted loop.
> 
> Based upon a patch by Stephen Hemminger and suggestions
> from Patrick McHardy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c b/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c
> index a9732ae..d96eaf0 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>  #include <linux/errno.h>
>  #include <linux/skbuff.h>
>  #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
> +#include <linux/bitops.h>
>  #include <net/pkt_sched.h>
>  #include <net/dsfield.h>
>  #include <net/inet_ecn.h>
> @@ -43,17 +44,6 @@ struct dsmark_qdisc_data {
>       int                     set_tc_index;
>  };
>  
> -static inline int dsmark_valid_indices(u16 indices)
> -{
> -     while (indices != 1) {
> -             if (indices & 1)
> -                     return 0;
> -             indices >>= 1;
> -     }
> -
> -     return 1;
> -}
> -
>  static inline int dsmark_valid_index(struct dsmark_qdisc_data *p, u16 index)
>  {
>       return (index <= p->indices && index > 0);
> @@ -348,7 +338,8 @@ static int dsmark_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct rtattr 
> *opt)
>               goto errout;
>  
>       indices = RTA_GET_U16(tb[TCA_DSMARK_INDICES-1]);
> -     if (!indices || !dsmark_valid_indices(indices))
> +
> +     if (hweight32(indices) != 1)
>               goto errout;

Come on Dave, that is a step backwards.
So you took a two instruction thing that any programmer who ever had one of 
those
technical trick interviews would surely understand, and made it call a 
function...
Seems like the thing you would consul others against.

Please use !is_power_of_2(indices) instead.
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