From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758748AbcIPM5c (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2016 08:57:32 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:49397 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753435AbcIPM5X (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2016 08:57:23 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:57:27 +0200 From: Greg KH To: zerons Cc: liodot@gmail.com, charrer@alacritech.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] staging: slicoss: slic.h: add a macro IOMEM_GET_FIELDADDR to fix sparse warnings Message-ID: <20160916125727.GC29701@kroah.com> References: <2fdea4da0036cd13aa0879ffcf86e3303013d52a.1473821899.git.sironhide0null@gmail.com> <20160916075259.GB1858@kroah.com> <157cd71a-bce4-03f3-bc76-635f493c0051@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <157cd71a-bce4-03f3-bc76-635f493c0051@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 06:41:38PM +0800, zerons wrote: > these marcos are used to get the value or address of a member of a `__iomem` structure. > GET_FIELDADDR is like &iomem_obj->field, and > GET_FIELD32 is iomem_obj->u32val, GET_FIELD64 is iomem_obj->u64val. > > If patch the .c file directly, the source gets into a mess. But add the macro, and then use it, in the same patch, so we can verify that this macro really is doing what you think it is doing, and so that it is used at the same time (no need to add a macro that no one uses... thanks, greg k-h