Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] PCI: brcmstb: Use BIT() as __GENMASK() is for internal use only

From: "Krzysztof Wilczyński" <kw@linux.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
	linux-rpi-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
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	Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@kernel.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] PCI: brcmstb: Use BIT() as __GENMASK() is for internal use only
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:57:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YZJLJgYsKQY+5TyI@rocinante> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211115112000.23693-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

Hi Andy,

> Use BIT() as __GENMASK() is for internal use only. The rationale
> of switching to BIT() is to provide better generated code. The
> GENMASK() against non-constant numbers may produce an ugly assembler
> code. On contrary the BIT() is simply converted to corresponding shift
> operation.
> 
> Note, it's the only user of __GENMASK() in the kernel outside of its own realm.
> 
> Fixes: 3baec684a531 ("PCI: brcmstb: Accommodate MSI for older chips")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> v2: switched to BIT() and elaborated why, hence not included tag
>  drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c
> index 1fc7bd49a7ad..0c49fc65792c 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c
> @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static void brcm_msi_remove(struct brcm_pcie *pcie)
>  
>  static void brcm_msi_set_regs(struct brcm_msi *msi)
>  {
> -	u32 val = __GENMASK(31, msi->legacy_shift);
> +	u32 val = ~(BIT(msi->legacy_shift) - 1);

Thank you!  I also personally prefer using BIT() macro here.

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@linux.com>

	Krzysztof

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