Re: [RFC] include/linux/make_type.h: Helpers for making u16/u32/u64 values

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Feb 14 2024 - 12:33:11 EST


On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 08:20:55PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:

..

> Secondly,
>
> #define make_u64(hi__, lo__) ((u64)(hi__) << 32 | (u32)(lo__))
>
> doesn't truncate hi, why?

Because it's not needed (the whole point AFAIU is to override promotion
to a _signed_ type (int) and here it makes no difference)?

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Andy Shevchenko