linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] Don't use BIT() macro in UAPI headers

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Message-ID: <YKaHUudJx2FJ2sO/@zn.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 20 May 2021 17:59:25 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Joseph Richey <joerichey94@...il.com>
Cc:     trivial@...nel.org, Joe Richey <joerichey@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>,
        Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-accelerators@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Don't use BIT() macro in UAPI headers

On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 04:50:11AM -0700, Joseph Richey wrote:
> Running checkpatch.pl with --strict gives:

Yah, people must *remember* to use --strict.

> It should probably just recommend the _BITUL macro.

Right.

> Ahhhhh, I figured there was a more standard way. Will fix.

Yeah, Fixes: is very useful, as we've come to realize.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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