netdev - Re: [PATCH net] mlx4_en: set number of rx rings used by RSS using ethtool

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:18:41 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	yevgenyp@...lanox.co.il
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, amirv@...lanox.co.il
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] mlx4_en: set number of rx rings used by RSS using
 ethtool

From: Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@...lanox.co.il>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:50:24 +0200

> +	/* RSS table size must be an order of 2 */
> +	if (rss_rings != (1 << order_base_2(rss_rings)))
> +		return -EINVAL;

This is an obscure way to make this kind of test.

The canonical way is:

	if (is_power_of_2(rss_rings))

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