netdev - Re: [PATCH 01/17] bitfield: Add non-constant field

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Date:   Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:31:54 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/17] bitfield: Add non-constant field_{prep,get}() helpers

Hi Johannes,

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 5:21 PM Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-11-23 at 09:30 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > We have the upper-case (constant) versions, and already
> > > {u32,...}_get_bits()/etc.
> >
> > These don't work for non-const masks.
>
> Obviously, I know that. Still, just saying.
>
> I'm actually in the opposite camp to you I guess - I much prefer the
> typed versions (u32_get_bits() and friends) over the FIELD_GET() macros
> that are more magic.
>
> Mostly though that's because the typed ones also have le32_/be32_/...
> variants, which are tremendously useful, and so I prefer to use them all
> across. In fact, I have considered in the past to just remove the upper-
> case macros entirely but ... no time I guess.

OK, I have to think a bit about this.
FTR, initially I didn't like the FIELD_{GET,PREP}() macros neither ;-)

> In fact, you have e.g. code in drivers/usb/chipidea/udc.c that does
> things like cpu_to_le32(mul << __ffs(...)) - though in those cases it's
> actually constant today, so you could already write it as
> le32_encode_bits(...).

Yeah, there are lots of opportunities for improvement for
drivers/usb/chipidea/.  I didn't include a conversion patch for that
driver, as it led me too deep into the rabbit hole, and I wanted to
get something posted rather sooner than later...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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