1 files changed, 29 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 75006c4036e9..9f4626a4c95f 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -487,30 +487,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_print_to_pagebuf);
 
 /*
  * Region 9-38:4/10 describes the following bitmap structure:
- * 0	   9  12    18			38
- * .........****......****......****......
- *	    ^  ^     ^			 ^
- *      start  off   group_len	       end
+ * 0	   9  12    18			38	     N
+ * .........****......****......****..................
+ *	    ^  ^     ^			 ^	     ^
+ *      start  off   group_len	       end	 nbits
  */
 struct region {
 	unsigned int start;
 	unsigned int off;
 	unsigned int group_len;
 	unsigned int end;
+	unsigned int nbits;
 };
 
-static int bitmap_set_region(const struct region *r,
-				unsigned long *bitmap, int nbits)
+static void bitmap_set_region(const struct region *r, unsigned long *bitmap)
 {
 	unsigned int start;
 
-	if (r->end >= nbits)
-		return -ERANGE;
-
 	for (start = r->start; start <= r->end; start += r->group_len)
 		bitmap_set(bitmap, start, min(r->end - start + 1, r->off));
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int bitmap_check_region(const struct region *r)
@@ -518,14 +513,23 @@ static int bitmap_check_region(const struct region *r)
 	if (r->start > r->end || r->group_len == 0 || r->off > r->group_len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (r->end >= r->nbits)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const char *bitmap_getnum(const char *str, unsigned int *num)
+static const char *bitmap_getnum(const char *str, unsigned int *num,
+				 unsigned int lastbit)
 {
 	unsigned long long n;
 	unsigned int len;
 
+	if (str[0] == 'N') {
+		*num = lastbit;
+		return str + 1;
+	}
+
 	len = _parse_integer(str, 10, &n);
 	if (!len)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -573,7 +577,9 @@ static const char *bitmap_find_region_reverse(const char *start, const char *end
 
 static const char *bitmap_parse_region(const char *str, struct region *r)
 {
-	str = bitmap_getnum(str, &r->start);
+	unsigned int lastbit = r->nbits - 1;
+
+	str = bitmap_getnum(str, &r->start, lastbit);
 	if (IS_ERR(str))
 		return str;
 
@@ -583,7 +589,7 @@ static const char *bitmap_parse_region(const char *str, struct region *r)
 	if (*str != '-')
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	str = bitmap_getnum(str + 1, &r->end);
+	str = bitmap_getnum(str + 1, &r->end, lastbit);
 	if (IS_ERR(str))
 		return str;
 
@@ -593,14 +599,14 @@ static const char *bitmap_parse_region(const char *str, struct region *r)
 	if (*str != ':')
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	str = bitmap_getnum(str + 1, &r->off);
+	str = bitmap_getnum(str + 1, &r->off, lastbit);
 	if (IS_ERR(str))
 		return str;
 
 	if (*str != '/')
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	return bitmap_getnum(str + 1, &r->group_len);
+	return bitmap_getnum(str + 1, &r->group_len, lastbit);
 
 no_end:
 	r->end = r->start;
@@ -627,6 +633,10 @@ no_pattern:
  * From each group will be used only defined amount of bits.
  * Syntax: range:used_size/group_size
  * Example: 0-1023:2/256 ==> 0,1,256,257,512,513,768,769
+ * The value 'N' can be used as a dynamically substituted token for the
+ * maximum allowed value; i.e (nmaskbits - 1).  Keep in mind that it is
+ * dynamic, so if system changes cause the bitmap width to change, such
+ * as more cores in a CPU list, then any ranges using N will also change.
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success, -errno on invalid input strings. Error values:
  *
@@ -640,7 +650,8 @@ int bitmap_parselist(const char *buf, unsigned long *maskp, int nmaskbits)
 	struct region r;
 	long ret;
 
-	bitmap_zero(maskp, nmaskbits);
+	r.nbits = nmaskbits;
+	bitmap_zero(maskp, r.nbits);
 
 	while (buf) {
 		buf = bitmap_find_region(buf);
@@ -655,9 +666,7 @@ int bitmap_parselist(const char *buf, unsigned long *maskp, int nmaskbits)
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		ret = bitmap_set_region(&r, maskp, nmaskbits);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+		bitmap_set_region(&r, maskp);
 	}
 
 	return 0;