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Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:54:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com> To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] remove BITS_TO_TYPE macro On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Jiri Slaby wrote: > remove BITS_TO_TYPE macro > > I realized, that it is actually the same as DIV_ROUND_UP, use it instead. unless there are some patches in the queue, the whole area of rounding up and aligning is still sort of messy. kernel.h defines the following: ... #define ALIGN(x,a) __ALIGN_MASK(x,(typeof(x))(a)-1) #define __ALIGN_MASK(x,mask) (((x)+(mask))&~(mask)) ... #define DIV_ROUND_UP(n,d) (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d)) #define roundup(x, y) ((((x) + ((y) - 1)) / (y)) * (y)) ... yet there is no corresponding DIV_ROUND_DOWN() or rounddown(), just for the sake of consistency. (maybe there's simply no need?) would someone like to propose a single, consistent standard for those things? or is it not worth it? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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