linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] kernel.h: Move lower_32_bits()/upper_32

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Date:   Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:34:50 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trond.myklebust@...merspace.com,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] kernel.h: Move lower_32_bits()/upper_32_bits()
 to bitops.h

On Thu, 2020-02-06 at 18:39 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Move lower_32_bits()/upper_32_bits() to bitops.h.

while these macros includes bits, i think they
are not appropriate to be moved to bitops.h as
they generally work on values that are either
32 or 64 bit addresses.