linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] bitfield: fix *_encode

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Date:   Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:33:30 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] bitfield: fix *_encode_bits()

On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:28:03 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > For me looks like for consistency we may add fake conversion macros
> > for this, such as
> > 
> > #define cpu_to_le8(x) x
> > #define le8_to_cpu(x) x
> > ...
> > #undef le8_to_cpu
> > #undef cpu_to_le8
> > 
> > And do in the same way like below
> > 
> > __MAKE_OP(8)  
> 
> I disagree with this. I don't see why we should have le8_encode_bits()
> and be8_encode_bits() and friends, that makes no sense.

+1