Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused BIT macros definitions

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jul 30 2021 - 09:32:42 EST


On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 03:21:03PM +0200, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> BIT(x) macro used all over the driver is defined in
> include/vsdo/bit.h as
>
> - #define BIT(nr) (UL(1) << (nr))
>
> which is safer than the local BIT macros declared.
> Local macros shift a signed integer which brings
> unespected results. For example:
>
> (unsigned long)(1 << 31) => 0xffffffff80000000
>
> shift.c:
>
> int main() {
> printf("%lx\n", (unsigned long)(1 << 31));
> printf("%lx\n", (unsigned long)(1U << 31));
> return 0;
> }
> ---
>
> $ ./shift
> ffffffff80000000
> 80000000
> ---

Don't put "---" in a changelog text, otherwise the signed-off-by will be
cut off. Can you resend it with that changed to something else like
"---------------" or anything else?

thanks,

greg k-h