linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 (resend) 2/3] bitfield: add u8 helpers

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Message-Id: <20180620065830.6612-3-johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jun 2018 08:58:29 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 (resend) 2/3] bitfield: add u8 helpers

There's no reason why we shouldn't pack/unpack bits into/from
u8 values/registers/etc., so add u8 helpers.

Use the ____MAKE_OP() macro directly to avoid having nonsense
le8_encode_bits() and similar functions.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
---
 include/linux/bitfield.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/bitfield.h b/include/linux/bitfield.h
index 147a7bb341dd..65a6981eef7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitfield.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitfield.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static __always_inline base type##_get_bits(__##type v, base field)	\
 	____MAKE_OP(le##size,u##size,cpu_to_le##size,le##size##_to_cpu)	\
 	____MAKE_OP(be##size,u##size,cpu_to_be##size,be##size##_to_cpu)	\
 	____MAKE_OP(u##size,u##size,,)
+____MAKE_OP(u8,u8,,)
 __MAKE_OP(16)
 __MAKE_OP(32)
 __MAKE_OP(64)
-- 
2.14.4