linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI/MSI: fix msi

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Date:	Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:38:20 +0900
From:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
CC:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI/MSI: fix msi_mask()

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 11:47:36AM +0900, Hidetoshi Seto wrote:
>> This patch fix the wrong array in the msi_mask().
> 
> Quite correct.  While disconnected for a couple of weeks, I also
> considered this possible fix:
> 
> static inline __attribute_const__ u32 msi_mask(unsigned x)
> {
>         /* Don't shift by >= width of type */
>         if (x >= 5)
>                 return 0xffffffff;
>         return (1 << (1 << x)) - 1;
> }
> 
> which has the added bonus of not running off the end of the array if
> some device has a bogus value in its config space.
> 
> What do you think?

Yeah, I think it's better one.
I'm going to post a revised patch hiring this style.

Thanks,
H.Seto

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