Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:32:10 +0800 | From | Cong Wang <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap |
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Changli Gao wrote: > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Amerigo Wang <amwang@redhat.com> wrote: >> From: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> >> >> The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A >> comma separated range format is used for compact output and input >> (e.g. 1,3-4,10-10). >> >> Writing into the file will first reset the bitmap then update it >> based on the given input. >> > > We have bitmap_scnprintf() and bitmap_parse_user(), why invent a new suite? > >
Because they don't accept '-'.
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