Re: [PATCH v5 2/8] configfs: use BIT() for internal flags

Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-09-20T14:29:45Z

Hi Christoph,

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 4:09 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 04:05:03PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > For better readability and maintenance: use the BIT() macro for flag
> > definitions.
>
> NAK. BIT() is the stupidest macro in the kernel and shall not be used
> ever. And I'm pretty sure we had this discussion a few times.

Care to explain why it is a stupid macro?

TIA!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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