Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] overflow.h: Add arithmetic shift helper

[Dan Carpenter]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 10:57:44AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The idea is nice, but I don't like the API.  The "_overflow" feels too
> specific because maybe we could check for other things in the future.
> Normally boolean macros should say they are boolean in the name and I
> would prefer if it returned zero on failure.
> 
> 	if (!checked_shift(dest, mask, shift)) {
> 	if (!shift_ok(dest, mask, shift)) {
> 	if (!safe_shift(dest, mask, shift)) {

Huh...  It turns out I put the argument order different as well.

If we wanted to keep it returning 1 on failure then some other names
are:

	if (shift_failed(dest, mask, shift)) {
	if (shift_error(dest, mask, shift)) {
	if (shift_overflow(dest, mask, shift)) {

regards,
dan carpenter