linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] include/linux/make_type.h: Helpers for making u16/u32/u64 values

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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:23:48 +0300
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To: Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko@...el.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] include/linux/make_type.h: Helpers for making u16/u32/u64
 values

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 06:55:38PM +0100, Michal Wajdeczko wrote:
> 
> 
> On 14.02.2024 18:39, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 07:32:10PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 08:20:55PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > 
> > Thirdly, there were no users posted.
> 
> for make_u64() there is already one at [1]
> [1]
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.8-rc4/source/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c#L555

OK, this one doesn't truncate too.

Honestly wordpath.h _sucks_ as a name.

I'd go with stdint.h, at least this name is known from userspace.