Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 6 Sep 2023 17:54:26 +0300 | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] bitops: Share BYTES_TO_BITS() for everyone |
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On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 04:40:39PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote: > From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> > Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:21:30 +0300 > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 04:49:07PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote: > >> From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> > >> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:37:28 +0300 > >> > >>> It may be new callers for the same macro, share it. > >>> > >>> Note, it's unknown why it's represented in the current form instead of > >>> simple multiplication and commit 1ff511e35ed8 ("tracing/kprobes: Add > >>> bitfield type") doesn't explain that neither. Let leave it as is and > >>> we may improve it in the future. > >> > >> Maybe symmetrical change in tools/ like I did[0] an aeon ago? > > > > Hmm... Why can't you simply upstream your version? It seems better than mine. > > It was a part of the Netlink bigint API which is a bit on hold for now > (I needed this macro available treewide). > But I can send it as standalone if you're fine with that.
I'm fine. Yury?
> >> [0] > >> https://github.com/alobakin/linux/commit/fd308001fe6d38837fe820427209a6a99e4850a8
-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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