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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 02/10] pinctrl: generic: Add macros to unpack properties
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Jacopo Mondi
>> +#define PIN_CONF_UNPACK_PARAM(c) ((c) & 0xffUL)
>> +#define PIN_CONF_UNPACK_ARGS(c) ((c) >> 8)
>
> But why.
>
> I have these two static inlines just below your new macros:
>
> static inline enum pin_config_param pinconf_to_config_param(unsigned
> long config)
> {
>         return (enum pin_config_param) (config & 0xffUL);
> }
>
> static inline u32 pinconf_to_config_argument(unsigned long config)
> {
>         return (u32) ((config >> 8) & 0xffffffUL);
> }

Cool, need...more...context...in...patches ;-)

> Why can't you use this in your code instead of macros?
>
> We generally prefer static inlines over macros because they are easier
> to read.

Sure.

Thanks for noticing!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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