Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] bitops: Introduce assign_bit()

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Fri Oct 13 2017 - 08:44:42 EST


On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A common idiom is to assign a value to a bit with:
>
> if (value)
> set_bit(nr, addr);
> else
> clear_bit(nr, addr);
>
> Likewise common is the one-line expression variant:
>
> value ? set_bit(nr, addr) : clear_bit(nr, addr);
>
> Commit 9a8ac3ae682e ("dm mpath: cleanup QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH bit
> manipulation by introducing assign_bit()") introduced assign_bit()
> to the md subsystem for brevity.
>
> Make it available to others, specifically gpiolib and the upcoming
> driver for Maxim MAX3191x industrial serializer chips.
>
> As requested by Peter Zijlstra, change the argument order to reflect
> traditional "dst = src" in C, hence "assign_bit(nr, addr, value)".
>
> Cc: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx>

This v2 applied with Andrew's ACK.

Yours,
Linus Walleij