linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12] net: stmmac: replace boolean fields in plat_stmmacenet

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2023 09:07:15 +0200
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma@...aro.org>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12] net: stmmac: replace boolean fields in
 plat_stmmacenet_data with flags

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 10:12 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 20:25:46 +0200 Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > As suggested by Jose Abreu: let's drop all 12 boolean fields in
> > plat_stmmacenet_data and replace them with a common bitfield.
>
> Is that what Jose meant, or:
>
> -       bool has_integrated_pcs;
> +       u32 has_integrated_pcs:1;
>
> ?

For that to work all fields would need to be gathered together (unless
the structure is __packed - not a good idea) and all future fields
would need to be added in a specific place in the structure definition
as well. I think a bit field is clearer and harder to get wrong here.

Bart