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Message-ID: <15450f6ba169de8862e11bc2d20b3645958f4efd.camel@perches.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:17:17 -0700
From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
Leonardo Bras <leonardo@...ux.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Dennis Zhou <dennis@...nel.org>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>,
Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
"Dennis Zhou (Facebook)" <dennisszhou@...il.com>,
Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] block: Use bits.h macros to improve readability
On Fri, 2019-08-02 at 21:18 -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 8/1/19 6:00 PM, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> > Applies some bits.h macros in order to improve readability of
> > linux/blk_types.h.
[]
> I know precisely what that does, whereas I have to think about the other
> one, maybe even look it up to be sure. For instance, without looking
> now, I have no idea what the second argument is. Looking at the git log,
> I see numerous instances of:
While I'm not at all a proponent of GENMASK/GENMASK_ULL,
and so not a proponent of this patch, latent defects are
possible in both cases.
You'd likely have to look at SOME_SHIFT to see if it's 0
to verify the actual mask is what's really desired.
$ git grep -P '_SHIFT\s+\(?\s*0\s*\)?\b' | wc -l
11907
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