Name

bitmap_allocate_region — allocate bitmap region

Synopsis

int bitmap_allocate_region (unsigned long *  bitmap,
 int  pos,
 int  order);

Arguments

bitmap

array of unsigned longs corresponding to the bitmap

pos

beginning of bit region to allocate

order

region size (log base 2 of number of bits) to allocate

Description

Allocate (set bits in) a specified region of a bitmap.

Return 0 on success, or -EBUSY if specified region wasn't free (not all bits were zero).