From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Joe Richey <joerichey94@gmail.com>
Cc: trivial@kernel.org, Joe Richey <joerichey@google.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@linaro.org>,
Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@hisilicon.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-accelerators@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Don't use BIT() macro in UAPI headers
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 12:46:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YKuSEnfEbjpOOgLS@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210520104343.317119-1-joerichey94@gmail.com>
On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 03:43:37AM -0700, Joe Richey wrote:
> This patch series changes all UAPI uses of BIT() to just be open-coded.
> However, there really should be a check for this in checkpatch.pl
> Currently, the script actually _encourages_ users to use the BIT macro
> even if adding things to UAPI.
Yes. In fact it should warn about BIT() in general. It is totally
pointless obsfucation that doesn't even save any typing at all.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Joe Richey <joerichey94@gmail.com>
Cc: trivial@kernel.org, Joe Richey <joerichey@google.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@linaro.org>,
Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@hisilicon.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-accelerators@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Don't use BIT() macro in UAPI headers
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 12:46:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YKuSEnfEbjpOOgLS@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210520104343.317119-1-joerichey94@gmail.com>
On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 03:43:37AM -0700, Joe Richey wrote:
> This patch series changes all UAPI uses of BIT() to just be open-coded.
> However, there really should be a check for this in checkpatch.pl
> Currently, the script actually _encourages_ users to use the BIT macro
> even if adding things to UAPI.
Yes. In fact it should warn about BIT() in general. It is totally
pointless obsfucation that doesn't even save any typing at all.
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Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-20 10:43 [PATCH 0/6] Don't use BIT() macro in UAPI headers Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` [PATCH 1/6] x86/elf: " Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` [PATCH 2/6] KVM: X86: " Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-20 15:46 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-05-20 15:46 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-05-20 10:43 ` [PATCH 3/6] drivers: firmware: psci: " Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` [PATCH 4/6] uacce: " Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` [PATCH 5/6] media: vicodec: " Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` [PATCH 6/6] tools headers UAPI: Sync pkt_sched.h with the kernel sources Joe Richey
2021-05-20 10:43 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-20 11:07 ` [PATCH 0/6] Don't use BIT() macro in UAPI headers Borislav Petkov
2021-05-20 11:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-05-20 11:50 ` Joseph Richey
2021-05-20 11:50 ` Joseph Richey
2021-05-20 15:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-05-20 15:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-05-20 15:50 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-05-20 15:50 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-05-20 11:11 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 11:11 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 11:40 ` Joseph Richey
2021-05-20 11:40 ` Joseph Richey
2021-05-20 12:09 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-20 12:09 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-20 15:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-05-20 15:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-05-21 8:58 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] " Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] x86/elf: Use _BITUL() " Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-21 9:25 ` [tip: x86/misc] " tip-bot2 for Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: X86: " Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-24 12:28 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-24 12:28 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-21 8:58 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] drivers: firmware: psci: " Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-21 13:25 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-21 13:25 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-21 8:58 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] uacce: " Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-21 13:56 ` Zhangfei Gao
2021-05-21 13:56 ` Zhangfei Gao
2021-05-21 8:58 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] media: vicodec: " Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] tools headers UAPI: Sync pkt_sched.h with the kernel sources Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] checkpatch: suggest _BITULL() and _BITUL() for UAPI headers Joe Richey
2021-05-21 8:58 ` Joe Richey
2021-05-21 14:45 ` Joe Perches
2021-05-21 14:45 ` Joe Perches
2021-05-24 11:46 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2021-05-24 11:46 ` [PATCH 0/6] Don't use BIT() macro in " Christoph Hellwig
2021-05-24 12:29 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-24 12:29 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-24 16:34 ` David Laight
2021-05-24 16:34 ` David Laight
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