linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/mce] x86/mce: Fix 32-bit build

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Date:	Wed, 23 May 2012 18:18:18 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, frank.arnold@....com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	borislav.petkov@....com
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/mce] x86/mce: Fix 32-bit build

On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 09:08 -0700, tip-bot for Borislav Petkov wrote:
> +                                if (val & BIT_64(62)) {
> +                                       val &= ~BIT_64(62);
> +                                       wrmsrl(msrs[i], val);
>                                  } 

Wouldn't it be much better to name those things, BIT(62), BIT(18) etc.
aren't very descriptive at all.

MCE_MISC_COUNTER_PRESENT is much more descriptive than BIT(62).

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