linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Fixed-type GENMASK/BIT

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Message-ID: <7n656v4tdwfd4n4m7ycrcmxarwpwbqgz6cogtzu44edaqwxnnf@nwts4kf2gsd2>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 08:29:10 -0600
From: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...el.com>
To: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>
CC: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>, Andy Shevchenko
	<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, Jani Nikula
	<jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>, <intel-xe@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	<intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Fixed-type GENMASK/BIT

On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 07:40:35PM +0900, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
>Hi Lucas and Yury,
>
>On 08/02/2024 at 16:45, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
>> ove the implementation of REG_GENMASK/REG_BIT to a more appropriate
>> place to be shared by i915, xe and possibly other parts of the kernel.
>>
>> For now this re-defines the old macros. In future we may start using the
>> new macros directly, but that's a more intrusive search-and-replace.
>>
>> Changes from v2:
>>
>> 	- Document both in commit message and code about the strict type
>> 	  checking and give examples how it´d break with invalid params.
>>
>> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/intel-xe/20230509051403.2748545-1-lucas.demarchi@intel.com/
>> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/intel-xe/20240124050205.3646390-1-lucas.demarchi@intel.com
>
>What is the status on this series? I read it and I think this is great.
>So I am a bit sad to see it stalled for nearly one year.

yeah, it fell through the cracks after some regressions showed up in
linux-next. I'll take a look and re-submit later this week.

thanks
Lucas De Marchi

>
>With the -next development windows opening very soon, wouldn't it be a
>good idea to revive this topic?
>
>
>Yours sincerely,
>Vincent Mailhol
>