[PATCH v2 0/4] linux/const.h: cleanups of macros such as UL(), _BITUL(), BIT() etc.

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Wed Jan 04 2017 - 21:25:03 EST



ARM, ARM64, UniCore32 define UL() as a shorthand of _AC(..., UL).
In the future, more architectures may introduce it, so move
the definition to include/linux/const.h.

The _AC() is used for either (likely) UL or (unlikely) ULL.
Having UL(L) in a common place can avoid direct use of _AC().

The _AC() is defined under the uapi directory, so it compels
underscore-prefixed macros even for unexported headers.

I see similar situation for _BITUL(). This is available in
both C and assembly. However, it is defined in an uapi header,
so direct use of the underscore macro is needed even for unexported
headers. The 3/3 makes BIT() available in assembly too, which will
be more suitable for use in unexported headers.


Changes in v2:
- Split out as a prerequisite patch

Masahiro Yamada (4):
m68k: rename UL() to TO_UL()
linux/const.h: move UL() macro to include/linux/const.h
linux/const.h: refactor _BITUL and _BITULL a bit
linux/const.h: move BIT(_ULL) to linux/const.h for use in assembly

arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h | 6 ------
arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h | 6 ------
arch/m68k/mm/init.c | 6 +++---
arch/unicore32/include/asm/memory.h | 6 ------
include/linux/bitops.h | 3 +--
include/linux/const.h | 12 ++++++++++++
include/uapi/linux/const.h | 13 ++++++++-----
7 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/const.h

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