Re: [PATCH] x86: Removed superfluous parentheses in macro defs

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 10/06/2011 03:22 PM, Alex Ben wrote:
> 1) make it consistent with other constant macro deinitions, which
> don't have parentheses, as they are really superfluous.

Superfluous, yes, but it makes the expression read more regular.

> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
> index 5e64171..92621c1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
> 	 (((flags) & _AC(0x0000f0ff,ULL)) << 40) |	\
> 	 (((limit) & _AC(0x000f0000,ULL)) << (48-16)) |	\
> 	 (((base)  & _AC(0x00ffffff,ULL)) << 16) |	\
> -	 (((limit) & _AC(0x0000ffff,ULL))))
> +	 ((limit)  & _AC(0x0000ffff,ULL)))
> 

So NAK.

	-hpa


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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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