Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] bits: introduce fixed-type GENMASK_U*()

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 06:23:12PM +0900, Vincent Mailhol via B4 Relay wrote:
> 
> Add GENMASK_TYPE() which generalizes __GENMASK() to support different
> types, and implement fixed-types versions of GENMASK() based on it.
> The fixed-type version allows more strict checks to the min/max values
> accepted, which is useful for defining registers like implemented by
> i915 and xe drivers with their REG_GENMASK*() macros.
> 
> The strict checks rely on shift-count-overflow compiler check to fail
> the build if a number outside of the range allowed is passed.
> Example:
> 
>   #define FOO_MASK GENMASK_U32(33, 4)
> 
> will generate a warning like:
> 
>   include/linux/bits.h:51:27: error: right shift count >= width of type [-Werror=shift-count-overflow]
>      51 |               type_max(t) >> (BITS_PER_TYPE(t) - 1 - (h)))))
>         |                           ^~
> 
> While GENMASK_TYPE() is crafted to cover all variants, including the
> already existing GENMASK(), GENMASK_ULL() and GENMASK_U128(), for the
> moment, only use it for the newly introduced GENMASK_U*(). The
> consolidation will be done in a separate change.

...

>  #if !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
> +

> -#else

> +#else /* defined(__ASSEMBLY__) */

> -#endif
> +
> +#endif /* !defined(__ASSEMBLY__) */

Up to you, but if new version is needed or maintainer require, I would move the
above changes either to a separate patch (prerequisite) or dropped them at all.
These are not big but unneeded churn,


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko