linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 5/6] bitops: make BYTES_TO

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Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:55:20 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 5/6] bitops: make BYTES_TO_BITS()
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On Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:00:26 +0200 Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> Avoid open-coding that simple expression each time by moving
> BYTES_TO_BITS() from the probes code to <linux/bitops.h> to export
> it to the rest of the kernel.
> Do the same for the tools ecosystem as well (incl. its version of
> bitops.h).

This needs to be before patch 4?