Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Fixed-type GENMASK/BIT

[Vincent Mailhol]

Hi Lucas and Yury,

On 08/02/2024 at 16:45, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
> ove the implementation of REG_GENMASK/REG_BIT to a more appropriate
> place to be shared by i915, xe and possibly other parts of the kernel.
> 
> For now this re-defines the old macros. In future we may start using the
> new macros directly, but that's a more intrusive search-and-replace.
> 
> Changes from v2:
> 
> 	- Document both in commit message and code about the strict type
> 	  checking and give examples how it´d break with invalid params.
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/intel-xe/20230509051403.2748545-1-lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxx/
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/intel-xe/20240124050205.3646390-1-lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxx

What is the status on this series? I read it and I think this is great.
So I am a bit sad to see it stalled for nearly one year.

With the -next development windows opening very soon, wouldn't it be a
good idea to revive this topic?


Yours sincerely,
Vincent Mailhol