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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708261143470.4267@localhost.localdomain>
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
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