linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] staging: rtl8723bs: do not use __constant_cpu_to

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Message-ID: <20190317121621.GA7832@kroah.com>
Date:   Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:16:21 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] staging: rtl8723bs: do not use __constant_cpu_to_le16

On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 08:48:03PM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> From: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>

Why ".work"?

> 
> cpu_to_le16() is capable enough to detect __builtin_constant_p()
> and to use an appropriate compile time ___constant_swahbXX()
> function.
> 
> So we can use cpu_to_le16() instead of __constant_cpu_to_le16().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>

Email address does not match up to the From: line above :(