linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Define EnCFG_BBType

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Message-ID: <20200401155212.GB3109@ubuntu>
Date:   Wed, 1 Apr 2020 17:52:13 +0200
From:   Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>,
        Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Define EnCFG_BBType_MASK as OR between
 previous defines

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 02:27:14PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 05:58:02PM +0100, Oscar Carter wrote:
> > Define the EnCFG_BBType_MASK bit as an OR operation between two previous
> > defines instead of using the OR between two new BIT macros. Thus, the
> > code is more clear.
> >
> > Fixes: a74081b44291 ("staging: vt6656: Use BIT() macro instead of hex value")
> > Signed-off-by: Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>
> > Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h b/drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h
> > index c532b27de37f..b01d9ee8677e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h
> > @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
> >  #define EnCFG_BBType_a		0x00
> >  #define EnCFG_BBType_b		BIT(0)
> >  #define EnCFG_BBType_g		BIT(1)
> > -#define EnCFG_BBType_MASK	(BIT(0) | BIT(1))
> > +#define EnCFG_BBType_MASK	(EnCFG_BBType_b | EnCFG_BBType_g)
>
> This does not "fix" anything, like your "Fixes:" tag implies.  It just
> cleans up the code some more.  Only use Fixes: if it actually fixes a
> problem introduced by a previous patch.
>
Ok, thanks for the explanation.

> Can you remove that line and resend?
>
Yes, I will remove that line, I will create a new version of this patch and I
will resend it.

> thanks.
>
> greg k-h

Thanks,
oscar carter