31 Jul, 2012

1 commit

  • memweight() is the function that counts the total number of bits set in
    memory area. Unlike bitmap_weight(), memweight() takes pointer and size
    in bytes to specify a memory area which does not need to be aligned to
    long-word boundary.

    [akpm@linux-foundation.org: rename `w' to `ret']
    Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita
    Cc: Anders Larsen
    Cc: Alasdair Kergon
    Cc: Laurent Pinchart
    Cc: Mark Fasheh
    Cc: Joel Becker
    Cc: Jan Kara
    Cc: Andreas Dilger
    Cc: "Theodore Ts'o"
    Cc: Matthew Wilcox
    Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
    Cc: Tony Luck
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
    Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

    Akinobu Mita