Re: [PATCH 1/1] block: Use bits.h macros to improve readability

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2019-08-02 at 21:18 -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 8/1/19 6:00 PM, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> > Applies some bits.h macros in order to improve readability of
> > linux/blk_types.h.
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> I know precisely what that does, whereas I have to think about the other
> one, maybe even look it up to be sure. For instance, without looking
> now, I have no idea what the second argument is. Looking at the git log,
> I see numerous instances of:

While I'm not at all a proponent of GENMASK/GENMASK_ULL,
and so not a proponent of this patch, latent defects are
possible in both cases.

You'd likely have to look at SOME_SHIFT to see if it's 0
to verify the actual mask is what's really desired.

$ git grep -P '_SHIFT\s+\(?\s*0\s*\)?\b' | wc -l
11907