linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/scatterlist: Add SG_CHAIN and SG

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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 08:24:51 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>,
        "chris@...is-wilson.co.uk" <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com" <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>,
        "jthumshirn@...e.de" <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/scatterlist: Add SG_CHAIN and SG_EMARK macros for LSB
 encodings

On 02/14/2018 09:33 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 10:28 +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> +#define SG_CHAIN	0x01
>> +#define SG_EMARK	0x02
> 
> Hello Anshuman,
> 
> As you probably know constants that do not have a suffix are of type int. Please
> consider to add suffix "UL" to these constants to avoid that the compiler could
> take an undesired decision when e.g. converting ~SG_CHAIN from int to unsigned
> long.

Sure, will do.