Re: [PATCH v6 09/12] iio: dac: ad5686: add helpers to handle powerdown masks

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Tue, 5 May 2026 17:31:48 +0100
Rodrigo Alencar <455.rodrigo.alencar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 26/05/05 04:50PM, Rodrigo Alencar wrote:
> > On 26/05/05 06:27PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:  
> > > On Tue, May 05, 2026 at 03:13:43PM +0100, Rodrigo Alencar wrote:  
> > > > On 26/05/05 04:17PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:  
> > > > > On Tue, May 05, 2026 at 01:35:10PM +0100, Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay wrote:  
> > > 
> > > ...
> > >   
> > > > > > +static inline void ad5686_pd_field_set(const struct iio_chan_spec *chan,
> > > > > > +				       unsigned int *pd, unsigned int val)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +	unsigned int shift = ad5686_pd_mask_shift(chan);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +	*pd = (*pd & ~(AD5686_PD_MSK << shift)) | ((val & AD5686_PD_MSK) << shift);  
> > > > > 
> > > > > Just noticed that semantically this is more like _field_modify().
> > > > > Besides that I would consider adding a shifted mask variable or definition
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	*pd = (*pd & ~AD5686_PD_MSK) | ((val << shift) & AD5686_PD_MSK);  
> > > > 
> > > > We cannot do this as the mask would depend on the shift too. AD5686_PD_MSK is
> > > > being defined with no shift, so that any shift needs to be applied at runtime.  
> > > 
> > > In my proposal I thought of
> > > 
> > > #define AD5686_PD_MSK(shift)	(GENMASK(...) << (shift))
> > >   
> > > > > > +}
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +static inline unsigned int ad5686_pd_field_get(const struct iio_chan_spec *chan,
> > > > > > +					       unsigned int pd)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +	unsigned int shift = ad5686_pd_mask_shift(chan);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +	return (pd >> shift) & AD5686_PD_MSK;  
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	return (pd & AD5686_PD_MSK) >> shift;
> > > > > 
> > > > > accordingly.  
> > > > 
> > > > Same here...  
> > > 
> > > But maybe it's over engineered, and your version is okay... Maybe we can even
> > > switch to
> > > field_get()/field_prep()/u32_replace_bits()/u32_encode_bits()/u32_get_bits()
> > > from bitfield.h.  
> > 
> > That is indeed better, thanks! will adjust...   
> 
> Now I see that the "over engineering" is that field_get()/field_prep() recomputes
> the shift based on the provided mask, which was manually shifted. The u32_*_bits()
> variants seem to rely on constant masks, as I get compile-time errors.

I still have these stalled on the fixes making it up stream (and into an rc)
but in meantime can you confirm that I read this right and plan is leave this
patch as it stands?

Thanks,

Jonathan

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