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Date:      Sat, 7 Oct 2000 21:35:40 +0100
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        dwmalone@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, bob@immure.com, bde@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: misc/21204: bit_ffc and bit_ffs macros in bitstring.h test 1 byte too many.
Message-ID:  <20001007213540.A15000@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: <20001006134808.A87828@walton.maths.tcd.ie>; from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie on Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 01:48:08PM %2B0100
References:  <200010022119.OAA17662@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001005105720.A1562@turing.maths.tcd.ie> <20001006134808.A87828@walton.maths.tcd.ie>

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I intend to commit the following patch to bitstring.h. It does the
following:

	1) fixes the problems with bit_ffs and bit_ffc searching
	off the end of the bitstring,
	2) Makes our version of bitstring.h much more like NetBSD's,
	adding extra brackets and do { ... } while(0);,
	3) Change bitstr_size and bit_alloc to match NetBSD's
	(same results, neater macros).

NetBSD has a different fix for the bitstring problems which produce
much slower code according to Bob Wilcox's tests.

	David.

Index: bitstring.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/FreeBSD-CVS/src/include/bitstring.h,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 bitstring.h
--- bitstring.h	1994/05/24 09:57:25	1.1.1.1
+++ bitstring.h	2000/10/07 19:38:17
@@ -53,16 +53,15 @@
 /* external macros */
 				/* bytes in a bitstring of nbits bits */
 #define	bitstr_size(nbits) \
-	((((nbits) - 1) >> 3) + 1)
+	(((nbits) + 7) >> 3)
 
 				/* allocate a bitstring */
 #define	bit_alloc(nbits) \
-	(bitstr_t *)calloc(1, \
-	    (unsigned int)bitstr_size(nbits) * sizeof(bitstr_t))
+	(bitstr_t *)calloc((size_t)bitstr_size(nbits), sizeof(bitstr_t))
 
 				/* allocate a bitstring on the stack */
 #define	bit_decl(name, nbits) \
-	(name)[bitstr_size(nbits)]
+	((name)[bitstr_size(nbits)])
 
 				/* is bit N of bitstring name set? */
 #define	bit_test(name, bit) \
@@ -70,14 +69,14 @@
 
 				/* set bit N of bitstring name */
 #define	bit_set(name, bit) \
-	(name)[_bit_byte(bit)] |= _bit_mask(bit)
+	((name)[_bit_byte(bit)] |= _bit_mask(bit))
 
 				/* clear bit N of bitstring name */
 #define	bit_clear(name, bit) \
-	(name)[_bit_byte(bit)] &= ~_bit_mask(bit)
+	((name)[_bit_byte(bit)] &= ~_bit_mask(bit))
 
 				/* clear bits start ... stop in bitstring */
-#define	bit_nclear(name, start, stop) { \
+#define	bit_nclear(name, start, stop) do { \
 	register bitstr_t *_name = name; \
 	register int _start = start, _stop = stop; \
 	register int _startbyte = _bit_byte(_start); \
@@ -91,10 +90,10 @@
 			_name[_startbyte] = 0; \
 		_name[_stopbyte] &= 0xff << ((_stop&0x7) + 1); \
 	} \
-}
+} while (0)
 
 				/* set bits start ... stop in bitstring */
-#define	bit_nset(name, start, stop) { \
+#define	bit_nset(name, start, stop) do { \
 	register bitstr_t *_name = name; \
 	register int _start = start, _stop = stop; \
 	register int _startbyte = _bit_byte(_start); \
@@ -108,13 +107,13 @@
 	    		_name[_startbyte] = 0xff; \
 		_name[_stopbyte] |= 0xff >> (7 - (_stop&0x7)); \
 	} \
-}
+} while (0)
 
 				/* find first bit clear in name */
-#define	bit_ffc(name, nbits, value) { \
+#define	bit_ffc(name, nbits, value) do { \
 	register bitstr_t *_name = name; \
 	register int _byte, _nbits = nbits; \
-	register int _stopbyte = _bit_byte(_nbits), _value = -1; \
+	register int _stopbyte = _bit_byte(_nbits-1), _value = -1; \
 	for (_byte = 0; _byte <= _stopbyte; ++_byte) \
 		if (_name[_byte] != 0xff) { \
 			_value = _byte << 3; \
@@ -122,14 +121,16 @@
 			    ++_value, _stopbyte >>= 1); \
 			break; \
 		} \
+	if (_value >= nbits) \
+		_value = -1; \
 	*(value) = _value; \
-}
+} while (0)
 
 				/* find first bit set in name */
-#define	bit_ffs(name, nbits, value) { \
+#define	bit_ffs(name, nbits, value) do { \
 	register bitstr_t *_name = name; \
 	register int _byte, _nbits = nbits; \
-	register int _stopbyte = _bit_byte(_nbits), _value = -1; \
+	register int _stopbyte = _bit_byte(_nbits - 1), _value = -1; \
 	for (_byte = 0; _byte <= _stopbyte; ++_byte) \
 		if (_name[_byte]) { \
 			_value = _byte << 3; \
@@ -137,7 +138,9 @@
 			    ++_value, _stopbyte >>= 1); \
 			break; \
 		} \
+	if (_value >= nbits) \
+		_value = -1; \
 	*(value) = _value; \
-}
+} while (0)
 
 #endif /* !_BITSTRING_H_ */


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