Re: [PATCH 1/1] linux/bitfield.h: replace __auto_type with auto

From: Yury Norov
Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 16:10:18 EST


On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 12:52:38PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Replace "__auto_type" as described in commit:
>
> 2fb6915fa22d compiler_types.h: add "auto" as a macro for "__auto_type"
>
> Cc: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:BITMAP API)
> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (reviewer:BITMAP API)
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the work.

The compiler_types.h is included via build_bug.h -> compiler.h.
It works because there's plenty of BUG_ON()s here, but it's better to
include the compiler_types.h explicitly. Can you please send a v2?

Thanks,
Yury

> ---
> include/linux/bitfield.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bitfield.h b/include/linux/bitfield.h
> index 126dc5b380af..ecdb8e66dbbe 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bitfield.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bitfield.h
> @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ __MAKE_OP(64)
>
> #define __field_prep(mask, val) \
> ({ \
> - __auto_type __mask = (mask); \
> + auto __mask = (mask); \
> typeof(__mask) __val = (val); \
> unsigned int __shift = BITS_PER_TYPE(__mask) <= 32 ? \
> __ffs(__mask) : __ffs64(__mask); \
> @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ __MAKE_OP(64)
>
> #define __field_get(mask, reg) \
> ({ \
> - __auto_type __mask = (mask); \
> + auto __mask = (mask); \
> typeof(__mask) __reg = (reg); \
> unsigned int __shift = BITS_PER_TYPE(__mask) <= 32 ? \
> __ffs(__mask) : __ffs64(__mask); \
> --
> 2.52.0