bitmap: New function to allocate a bitmap initialized to all-1-bits.

diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index df3c4ebca38b4c125e87228acfe4557e0c20a9bf..76a667a04eb9337c3afed60afbc7ccac99b586e9 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Nicira Networks.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2011 Nicira Networks.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +18,25 @@
 #include "bitmap.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
+/* Allocates and returns a bitmap initialized to all-1-bits. */
+unsigned long *
+bitmap_allocate1(size_t n_bits)
+{
+    size_t n_bytes = bitmap_n_bytes(n_bits);
+    size_t n_longs = bitmap_n_longs(n_bits);
+    unsigned long *bitmap;
+
+    /* Allocate and initialize most of the bitmap. */
+    bitmap = xmalloc(n_bytes);
+    memset(bitmap, 0xff, n_bytes);
+
+    /* Ensure that the last "unsigned long" in the bitmap only has as many
+     * 1-bits as there actually should be. */
+    bitmap[n_longs - 1] = (1UL << (n_bits % BITMAP_ULONG_BITS)) - 1;
+
+    return bitmap;
+}
+
 /* Sets 'count' consecutive bits in 'bitmap', starting at bit offset 'start',
  * to 'value'. */
 void

diff --git a/lib/bitmap.h b/lib/bitmap.h
index f6feff0859d99392f218740c2aba8f1588234103..c76e45f39b602bbb35529ee49150fd0996eba5ee 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/bitmap.h
+++ b/lib/bitmap.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ bitmap_allocate(size_t n_bits)
     return xzalloc(bitmap_n_bytes(n_bits));
 }
 
+unsigned long *bitmap_allocate1(size_t n_bits);
+
 static inline unsigned long *
 bitmap_clone(const unsigned long *bitmap, size_t n_bits)
 {