Re: [PATCH net-next v1 3/7] phy: replace bitwise flag definitions with BIT() macro

[Oleksij Rempel]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 02:50:32AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Oleksij Rempel
> > Sent: 03 December 2024 07:56
> > 
> > Convert the PHY flag definitions to use the BIT() macro instead of
> > hexadecimal values. This improves readability and maintainability.
> > 
> > No functional changes are introduced by this modification.
> 
> Are you absolutely sure.
> You are changing the type of the constants from 'signed int' to
> 'unsigned long' and that can easily have unexpected consequences.
> Especially since MDIO_DEVICE_IS_PHY was negative.

In current kernel code following flags are assigned to u32 variable: 

> > -#define PHY_IS_INTERNAL		0x00000001
> > -#define PHY_RST_AFTER_CLK_EN	0x00000002
> > -#define PHY_POLL_CABLE_TEST	0x00000004
> > -#define PHY_ALWAYS_CALL_SUSPEND	0x00000008

phydrv->flags (u32)

This one is assigned to an int:
> > -#define MDIO_DEVICE_IS_PHY	0x80000000

mdiodrv->flags (int)

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