linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/20] bitfield: introduce HWORD

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Message-ID: <20250612150130.36b01844@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:01:30 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/20] bitfield: introduce HWORD_UPDATE bitfield macros

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:10:37 -0400 Yury Norov wrote:
> I don't think that that having HWORD_UPDATE() in bitfield.h is a wrong
> thing. Jakub, if you do, we can just create a new header for it.

Yes, I'd prefer to contain it. This looks very much like a CSR tooling
convention of Rockchip's ASIC developers. IOW this is really about how
CSRs are access for a specific vendor, not a generic bitfield operator.