lib: bitmap: make nbits parameter of bitmap_equal unsigned
The compiler can generate slightly smaller and simpler code when it
knows that "nbits" is non-negative. Since no-one passes a negative
bit-count, this shouldn't affect the semantics.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 9859f38..d6bb955 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_full);
int __bitmap_equal(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
- const unsigned long *bitmap2, int bits)
+ const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int bits)
{
- int k, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
+ unsigned int k, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
for (k = 0; k < lim; ++k)
if (bitmap1[k] != bitmap2[k])
return 0;
