Messages in this thread | | | From | Octavian Purdila <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 2/3] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap | Date | Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:35:38 +0300 |
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On Friday 09 April 2010 13:33:29 you 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? >
A decimal comma separated ranges seems the best option for this feature, and unfortunately both of the above functions only support hexadecimal and no ranges.
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