From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A44F7C433F5 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229785AbiBVRKT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:10:19 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42176 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232149AbiBVRKS (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:10:18 -0500 Received: from eu-smtp-delivery-151.mimecast.com (eu-smtp-delivery-151.mimecast.com [185.58.85.151]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E814FD0484 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:09:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from AcuMS.aculab.com (156.67.243.121 [156.67.243.121]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384) id uk-mta-210-AoyiLaE1OJah7Pz61gNshw-1; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:09:49 +0000 X-MC-Unique: AoyiLaE1OJah7Pz61gNshw-1 Received: from AcuMS.Aculab.com (fd9f:af1c:a25b:0:994c:f5c2:35d6:9b65) by AcuMS.aculab.com (fd9f:af1c:a25b:0:994c:f5c2:35d6:9b65) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1497.28; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:09:47 +0000 Received: from AcuMS.Aculab.com ([fe80::994c:f5c2:35d6:9b65]) by AcuMS.aculab.com ([fe80::994c:f5c2:35d6:9b65%12]) with mapi id 15.00.1497.028; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:09:47 +0000 From: David Laight To: 'Christoph Hellwig' , Joe Perches CC: Keith Busch , "linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-block@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" , "x86@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "axboe@kernel.dk" , "martin.petersen@oracle.com" , "colyli@suse.de" , "Bart Van Assche" Subject: RE: [PATCHv3 04/10] linux/kernel: introduce lower_48_bits macro Thread-Topic: [PATCHv3 04/10] linux/kernel: introduce lower_48_bits macro Thread-Index: AQHYKAxbyZzL6Kc8n0eksk5bzcXivKyfzIzQ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:09:47 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20220222163144.1782447-1-kbusch@kernel.org> <20220222163144.1782447-5-kbusch@kernel.org> <66a0c8210cf9e7dfcc3fa2d247de1eebd5a8acb7.camel@perches.com> <20220222165045.GA14168@lst.de> In-Reply-To: <20220222165045.GA14168@lst.de> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [10.202.205.107] MIME-Version: 1.0 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=C51A453 smtp.mailfrom=david.laight@aculab.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: aculab.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org From: Christoph Hellwig > Sent: 22 February 2022 16:51 > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 08:45:53AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Tue, 2022-02-22 at 08:31 -0800, Keith Busch wrote: > > > Recent data integrity field enhancements allow 48-bit reference tags. > > > Introduce a helper macro since this will be a repeated operation. > > [] > > > diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h > > [] > > > @@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ > > > } \ > > > ) > > > > > > +/** > > > + * lower_48_bits - return bits 0-47 of a number > > > + * @n: the number we're accessing > > > + */ > > > +#define lower_48_bits(n) ((u64)((n) & 0xffffffffffffull)) > > > > why not make this a static inline function? > > Agreed. > > > And visually, it's difficult to quickly count a repeated character to 12. > > > > Perhaps: > > > > static inline u64 lower_48_bits(u64 val) > > { > > return val & GENMASK_ULL(47, 0); > > } > > For anyone who has a minimum knowledge of C and hardware your version > is an obsfucated clusterfuck, while the version Keith wrote is trivial > to read. I'd use the explicit: val & ((1ull << 48) - 1) I think it is even fewer characters. David. - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)