From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King - ARM Linux Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/22] arm: introduce little endian bitops Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:58:18 +0100 Message-ID: <20101018135818.GC12449@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1287135981-17604-1-git-send-email-akinobu.mita@gmail.com> <1287135981-17604-5-git-send-email-akinobu.mita@gmail.com> <20101018092650.GC26183@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Akinobu Mita Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:22:59PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote: > 2010/10/18 Russell King - ARM Linux : > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 06:46:03PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote: > >> Introduce little endian bit operations by renaming native ext2 bit > >> operations. The ext2 bit operations are kept by using little endian > >> bit operations until the conversions are finished. > > > > Can you explain why we need another level of indirection rather than > > using asm-generic/bitops/le.h, asm-generic/bitops/minix.h and > > asm-generic/bitops/ext2-non-atomic.h ? > > Sorry for not CCing the cover letter of this patch series. BTW, I've not seen any of the others in this patch series, not even via linux-arch... From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:37257 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755995Ab0JRN6a (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:58:30 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:58:18 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/22] arm: introduce little endian bitops Message-ID: <20101018135818.GC12449@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1287135981-17604-1-git-send-email-akinobu.mita@gmail.com> <1287135981-17604-5-git-send-email-akinobu.mita@gmail.com> <20101018092650.GC26183@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Akinobu Mita Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Message-ID: <20101018135818.iAsnFVD2dtzx6C7Ds_z3mKLpDPS4Ypmvpc5HoqOYxHI@z> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:22:59PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote: > 2010/10/18 Russell King - ARM Linux : > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 06:46:03PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote: > >> Introduce little endian bit operations by renaming native ext2 bit > >> operations. The ext2 bit operations are kept by using little endian > >> bit operations until the conversions are finished. > > > > Can you explain why we need another level of indirection rather than > > using asm-generic/bitops/le.h, asm-generic/bitops/minix.h and > > asm-generic/bitops/ext2-non-atomic.h ? > > Sorry for not CCing the cover letter of this patch series. BTW, I've not seen any of the others in this patch series, not even via linux-arch...