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bitmap: Align documentation between bitmap_gather() and bitmap_scatter()
authorAndy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Mon, 3 Feb 2025 12:19:19 +0000 (14:19 +0200)
committerYury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:51:21 +0000 (11:51 -0500)
The bitmap_scatter() mistakenly refers to itself for detailed explanation
about the relationships of two. Instead of simply fixing this, align text
in both making a cross-reference.

Fixes: de5f84338970 ("lib/bitmap: Introduce bitmap_scatter() and bitmap_gather() helpers")
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
include/linux/bitmap.h

index 2026953e2c4ed3683183a56aaa70ad7e7c710faa..595217b7a6e71d84ed41114e22c0f15be4f3decb 100644 (file)
@@ -560,9 +560,9 @@ void bitmap_replace(unsigned long *dst,
  *           ...0..11...0..10
  *     dst:  0000001100000010
  *
- * A relationship exists between bitmap_scatter() and bitmap_gather().
+ * A relationship exists between bitmap_scatter() and bitmap_gather(). See
+ * bitmap_gather() for the bitmap gather detailed operations. TL;DR:
  * bitmap_gather() can be seen as the 'reverse' bitmap_scatter() operation.
- * See bitmap_scatter() for details related to this relationship.
  */
 static __always_inline
 void bitmap_scatter(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
@@ -608,7 +608,9 @@ void bitmap_scatter(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
  *     dst:  0000000000011010
  *
  * A relationship exists between bitmap_gather() and bitmap_scatter(). See
- * bitmap_scatter() for the bitmap scatter detailed operations.
+ * bitmap_scatter() for the bitmap scatter detailed operations. TL;DR:
+ * bitmap_scatter() can be seen as the 'reverse' bitmap_gather() operation.
+ *
  * Suppose scattered computed using bitmap_scatter(scattered, src, mask, n).
  * The operation bitmap_gather(result, scattered, mask, n) leads to a result
  * equal or equivalent to src.