linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: qlge: Replace the occurrences of (1<<x) by BIT(x)

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:18:14 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To:     Nandha Kumar Singaram <nandhakumar.singaram@...il.com>
Cc:     Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>, GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com,
        Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kumaran.4353@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: qlge: Replace the occurrences of (1<<x) by
 BIT(x)

On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 06:35:58AM -0700, Nandha Kumar Singaram wrote:
> Adhere to linux coding style. Reported by checkpatch.pl:
> CHECK: Prefer using the BIT macro
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nandha Kumar Singaram <nandhakumar.singaram@...il.com>

Hi Nandha,

I am assuming that checkpatch clean ups are acceptable, perhaps
even desired, in staging. So this patch seems appropriate to me.

I do, however, see a lot more potential uses of BIT() in qlge.h.
Could you take a second look?

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