linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: use enumerate instead of integer in op_is

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Date:   Fri, 20 Aug 2021 06:21:22 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     brookxu <brookxu.cn@...il.com>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: use enumerate instead of integer in op_is_write()

On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 09:55:12AM +0800, brookxu wrote:
> From: Chunguang Xu <brookxu@...cent.com>
> 
> For mask operation, using enumerate may be safer than integer.

Except that we are explicitly checking for least significant bit as
that is part of the encoding, not a specific enum value.