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From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
To: Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1 pointless IDE noise reduction
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:25:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200304241929_MC3-1-35E8-687C@compuserve.com> (raw)

Timothy Miller wrote:


> Two alternatives:
>
> (a)     !!(x & 0x400)
> 
> (b)     (x & 0x400) >> 10



I like either of these:

   #define FOO_BITS 0x400
   #define test_mask(t,m) ( !!((t) & (m)) )
   ...
   return test_mask(x, FOO_BITS);

or

   return (x & FOO_BITS) != 0;

Those double exclamation points should be hidden in macros. :)



------
 Chuck

             reply	other threads:[~2003-04-24 23:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-24 23:25 Chuck Ebbert [this message]
2003-04-25 15:08 ` [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1 pointless IDE noise reduction Timothy Miller
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-04-24 15:25 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-24 15:59 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-04-24 16:31   ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-24 16:46     ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-04-24 17:15       ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-24 18:27         ` Willy Tarreau
2003-04-24 19:00           ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-25 18:14       ` Bill Davidsen
2003-04-25 18:30         ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-04-24  9:34 Erik Andersen
2003-04-24 10:28 ` Jens Axboe
2003-04-27 12:21 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-04-27 17:44   ` Erik Andersen

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