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From: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - use bitfield macros to read fifo level
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 09:43:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230511074300.ocfrmynne7e6wdkj@viti.kaiser.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZFx6PXL9LzyDRoER@gondor.apana.org.au>

Thus wrote Herbert Xu (herbert@gondor.apana.org.au):

> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 08:53:55PM +0200, Martin Kaiser wrote:

> > @@ -133,9 +133,7 @@ static int imx_rngc_read(struct hwrng *rng, void *data, size_t max, bool wait)
> >  			break;

> >  		/* how many random numbers are in FIFO? [0-16] */
> > -		level = (status & RNGC_STATUS_FIFO_LEVEL_MASK) >>
> > -			RNGC_STATUS_FIFO_LEVEL_SHIFT;
> > -
> > +		level = FIELD_GET(RNGC_STATUS_FIFO_LEVEL, status);

> Wouldn't it be simpler to just get rid of the shift?

Yes, we're only checking that level > 0, there's no need for the shift.
I'll submit a new version of the patch.

Thanks,
Martin

  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-11  7:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-27 18:53 [PATCH 0/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - simplify register definitions Martin Kaiser
2023-04-27 18:53 ` [PATCH 1/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - use bitfield macros to read fifo level Martin Kaiser
2023-05-11  5:16   ` Herbert Xu
2023-05-11  7:43     ` Martin Kaiser [this message]
2023-04-27 18:53 ` [PATCH 2/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - use bitfield macros to read rng type Martin Kaiser
2023-04-27 18:53 ` [PATCH 3/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - use BIT(x) for register bit defines Martin Kaiser
2023-05-19 16:04 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - simplify register definitions Martin Kaiser
2023-05-19 16:04   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - simpler check for available random bytes Martin Kaiser
2023-05-19 16:04   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - use bitfield macros to read rng type Martin Kaiser
2023-05-19 16:04   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - use BIT(x) for register bit defines Martin Kaiser
2023-05-24 10:14   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] hwrng: imx-rngc - simplify register definitions Herbert Xu

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