[PATCH 3/3] bitmap: add test_zero_nbits()

From: Yury Norov

Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 20:44:22 EST


In most real-life cases, 0-length bitmap provided by user is a sign of
an error. The API doesn't provide any guarantees on returned value, and
the bitmap pointers are not dereferenced.

Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/test_bitmap.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/test_bitmap.c b/lib/test_bitmap.c
index b6f27c632c75..7a61ea858837 100644
--- a/lib/test_bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/test_bitmap.c
@@ -1467,6 +1467,62 @@ static void __init test_bitmap_write_perf(void)
pr_info("%s:\t\t%llu\n", __func__, time);
}

+/*
+ * nbits == 0 is most commonly not a valid case. Bitmap users should revisit
+ * the caller logic. Bitmap API doesn't provide any guarantees on returned
+ * value. The pointers are not dereferenced. The return value is intentionally
+ * ignored.
+ */
+static void __init test_zero_nbits(void)
+{
+ static volatile __always_used unsigned long ret __initdata;
+
+ bitmap_clear(NULL, 0, 0);
+ bitmap_complement(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_copy(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_copy_clear_tail(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_fill(NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_from_arr32(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_from_arr64(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_or(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_set(NULL, 0, 0);
+ bitmap_shift_left(NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+ bitmap_shift_right(NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+ bitmap_to_arr32(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_to_arr64(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_write(NULL, 0, 0, 0);
+ bitmap_xor(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
+ bitmap_zero(NULL, 0);
+
+ ret = bitmap_and(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_empty(NULL, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_equal(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_full(NULL, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_or_equal(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_read(NULL, 0, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_subset(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_weight(NULL, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_weight_and(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_weight_andnot(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_weight_from(NULL, 0, 0);
+ ret = bitmap_weighted_or(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
+
+ ret = find_first_and_and_bit(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
+ ret = find_first_and_bit(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ ret = find_first_andnot_bit(NULL, NULL, 0);
+ ret = find_first_bit(NULL, 0);
+ ret = find_first_zero_bit(NULL, 0);
+ ret = find_last_bit(NULL, 0);
+ ret = find_next_and_bit(NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+ ret = find_next_andnot_bit(NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+ ret = find_next_bit(NULL, 0, 0);
+ ret = find_next_clump8(NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+ ret = find_next_zero_bit(NULL, 0, 0);
+ ret = find_nth_and_bit(NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+ ret = find_nth_bit(NULL, 0, 0);
+ ret = find_random_bit(NULL, 0);
+}
+
#undef TEST_BIT_LEN

static void __init selftest(void)
@@ -1490,6 +1546,7 @@ static void __init selftest(void)
test_bitmap_read_perf();
test_bitmap_weight();
test_bitmap_write_perf();
+ test_zero_nbits();

test_find_nth_bit();
test_for_each_set_bit();
--
2.43.0