linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/9] nova-core: bitfield: Add support for different storage widths

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Message-ID: <89db73a5-8a89-4ceb-b9d5-679ab78f263b@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:18:44 -0400
From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/9] nova-core: bitfield: Add support for different
 storage widths



On 9/30/2025 10:45 AM, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> Previously, bitfields were hardcoded to use u32 as the underlying
> storage type.  Add support for different storage types (u8, u16, u32,
> u64) to the bitfield macro.
> 
> New syntax is: struct Name: <type ex., u32> { ... }

Apologies for not updating this commit message, the syntax is:

struct Name(<type ex., u32>) { ... }

thanks,

 - Joel