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Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:29:48 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, tytso@....edu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] hwmon: jc42: use bitops' sign_extend16

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 05:18:34PM +0100, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> ---

Some description would be nice. Also, please consider adding
relevant subsystem mailing lists and maintainers to your patches.

>  drivers/hwmon/jc42.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
> index 388f8bc..335a2de 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>  #include <linux/hwmon-sysfs.h>
>  #include <linux/err.h>
>  #include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/bitops.h>
>  
>  /* Addresses to scan */
>  static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = {
> @@ -215,9 +216,7 @@ static int jc42_temp_from_reg(s16 reg)
>  {
>  	reg &= 0x1fff;
>  
If I understand the code in sign_extend16 correctly, the above mask
should no longer be necessary.

Thanks,
Guenter

> -	/* sign extend register */
> -	if (reg & 0x1000)
> -		reg |= 0xf000;
> +	reg = sign_extend16(reg, 12);
>  
>  	/* convert from 0.0625 to 0.001 resolution */
>  	return reg * 125 / 2;
> -- 
> 2.1.3
> 
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