linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: Drop superfluous ULL suffix for ~0

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgFZRAVB_LUM+A24u2iubynmkbMDXb3rxy8GmRmKM7gfw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 2 Nov 2020 09:33:17 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: Drop superfluous ULL suffix for ~0

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 2:54 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:
>
> There is no need to specify a "ULL" suffix for "all bits set": "~0" is
> sufficient, and works regardless of type.  In fact adding the suffix
> makes the code more fragile.

I took this directly, since it was triggered by my code pattern rant.

Thanks,
                Linus