linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v1 2/5] mtd: rawnand: meson: replace GENMASK() macro with define

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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:06:39 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Arseniy Krasnov' <AVKrasnov@...rdevices.ru>,
        Liang Yang <liang.yang@...ogic.com>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        "Richard Weinberger" <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        "Neil Armstrong" <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        Yixun Lan <yixun.lan@...ogic.com>,
        Jianxin Pan <jianxin.pan@...ogic.com>
CC:     "oxffffaa@...il.com" <oxffffaa@...il.com>,
        "kernel@...rdevices.ru" <kernel@...rdevices.ru>,
        "linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 2/5] mtd: rawnand: meson: replace GENMASK() macro with
 define

From: Arseniy Krasnov
> Sent: 12 April 2023 07:17
> Subject: [PATCH v1 2/5] mtd: rawnand: meson: replace GENMASK() macro with define
> 
...
>  		len = mtd->writesize + mtd->oobsize;
> -		cmd = (len & GENMASK(13, 0)) | scrambler | DMA_DIR(dir);
> +		cmd = (len & NFC_CMD_RAW_LEN) | scrambler | DMA_DIR(dir);
>  		writel(cmd, nfc->reg_base + NFC_REG_CMD);

What is the point of the mask?
If the length is too big it just generates a different
'hard to debug' error.
If the length can't be too bit there is no point masking it.

	David

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