Re: [PATCH 1/2] BDI: Provide backing device capability information

[Andrew Morton]

David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>  > >  Making these into bitfields would result in having to use three variables
>  > >  instead of just the one.
>  > 
>  > Well let's do one or the other, and not have it half-and-half, please.
> 
>  So I should fold the two other bitfields back into the capabilities mask and
>  make it an unsigned long.

I suppose so.  Although unsigned int would be preferable.
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