RE: [PATCH v7 04/21] x86/split_lock: Align x86_capability to unsigned long to avoid split locked access

[David Laight]

From: David Laight
> Sent: 18 April 2019 14:15
...
> Running
> grep -r --include '*.[ch]' '_bit([^(]*, *([^)]* ' .
> over the entire kernel source tree shows quite a few 'dubious' casts.
> 
> They'll be doubly dubious on BE systems.

The alternate pattern:
grep -r --include '*.[ch]' '_bit([^(]*, *([^)]*\*)' .
has a few less false positives and detects some extras with (void*)&foo->bar.

	David

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