linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] bitmap for 6.18

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdapL6aZMSD06dniM11D+q__ZVKRGhDphEnvrsGV70HwzQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 00:46:23 +0200
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	NVIDIA <YuryNorovyury.norov@...il.com>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
	Burak Emir <bqe@...gle.com>, Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>, 
	Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@...labora.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] bitmap for 6.18

On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Am I the only person who would find "BITS(1,11)" to be much easier to
> understand than "GENMASK(11,1)"?

You're not alone. It's obviously more intuitive in many cases,
let's add a generic BITS(lo,hi).

Linus Walleij