Re: [PATCH v2] bitfield: fix *_encode_bits()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Jun 15 2018 - 09:02:24 EST


On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 12:30 PM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-06-15 at 11:51 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 12:26 AM, Johannes Berg
>> <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > There's a bug in *_encode_bits() in using ~field_multiplier() for
>> > the check whether or not the constant value fits into the field,
>> > this is wrong and clearly ~field_mask() was intended. This was
>> > triggering for me for both constant and non-constant values.
>> >
>> > Additionally, make this case actually into an compile error.
>> > Declaring the extern function that will never exist with just a
>> > warning is pointless as then later we'll just get a link error.
>> >
>> > While at it, also fix the indentation in those lines I'm touching.
>>
>> I'm just wondering if we have test cases for that API.
>> If not, perhaps it's a good time to start (perhaps extend test_bitmap.c)?
>
> I guess. Do we have infrastructure to provoke & check compile errors
> though?

Not sure,. What I'm telling about is run-time testing.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko