Re: [PATCH v4 0/8] bits: Fixed-type GENMASK()/BIT()

Jani Nikula
2025-03-05T15:59:39Z

On Wed, 05 Mar 2025, Vincent Mailhol via B4 Relay <devnull+mailhol.vincent.wanadoo.fr@kernel.org> wrote:
> Introduce some fixed width variant of the GENMASK() and the BIT()
> macros in bits.h. Note that the main goal is not to get the correct
> type, but rather to enforce more checks at compile time. For example:
>
> GENMASK_U16(16, 0)
>
> will raise a build bug.
>
> This series is a continuation of:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/intel-xe/20240208074521.577076-1-lucas.demarchi@intel.com
>
> from Lucas De Marchi. Above series is one year old. I really think
> that this was a good idea and I do not want this series to die. So I
> am volunteering to revive it.

Thanks for picking this up. My acks in the patches still stand.

BR,
Jani.

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Jani Nikula, Intel