linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused BIT macros definitions

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Date:   Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:21:03 +0200
From:   Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     hdegoede@...hat.com, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused BIT macros definitions

BIT(x) macro used all over the driver is defined in
include/vsdo/bit.h as

- #define BIT(nr)	(UL(1) << (nr))

which is safer than the local BIT macros declared.
Local macros shift a signed integer which brings
unespected results. For example:

(unsigned long)(1 << 31) => 0xffffffff80000000

shift.c:

int main() {
        printf("%lx\n", (unsigned long)(1 << 31));
        printf("%lx\n", (unsigned long)(1U << 31));
        return 0;
}
---

$ ./shift
ffffffff80000000
80000000
---

So just remove redundant, less safe macro declarations.

Suggested-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h | 4 ----
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wifi.h          | 8 --------
 2 files changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h
index b49838c7e457..bde415db4114 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/osdep_service.h
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 
 #include <osdep_service_linux.h>
 
-#ifndef BIT
-	#define BIT(x)	(1 << (x))
-#endif
-
 #define BIT0	0x00000001
 #define BIT1	0x00000002
 #define BIT2	0x00000004
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wifi.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wifi.h
index 0bd7b662b972..f03e26818d45 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wifi.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/wifi.h
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _WIFI_H_
 #define _WIFI_H_
 
-
-#ifdef BIT
-/* error	"BIT define occurred earlier elsewhere!\n" */
-#undef BIT
-#endif
-#define BIT(x)	(1 << (x))
-
-
 #define WLAN_ETHHDR_LEN		14
 #define WLAN_ETHADDR_LEN	6
 #define WLAN_IEEE_OUI_LEN	3
-- 
2.20.1