Re: [PATCH 01/17] bitfield: Add non-constant field_{prep,get}() helpers

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:36:22 +0100 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > Also, you're using __ffs(), which doesn't work for 64-bit on 32-bit
> > > architectures (afaict), so that seems a bit awkward.
> > >
> > > Maybe we can make {u32,...}_get_bits() be doing compile-time only checks
> > > if it is indeed a constant? The __field_overflow() usage is already only
> > > done if __builtin_constant_p(v), so I guess we can do the same with
> > > __bad_mask()?  
> >
> > Either that or add decomposition macros. Are compilers still really bad
> > at passing small structs by value?  
> 
> Sorry, I don't get what you mean by adding decomposition macros.
> Can you please elaborate?

#define DECOMPOSE(_mask) \
  (struct bf){ .mask = _mask, .shf = __bf_shf(_mask), }

Then drivers can save or pass around the mask and shift params 
broken apart as a small struct.