[PATCH v5 7/7] test_bits: add tests for BIT_U*()

Vincent Mailhol mailhol.vincent at wanadoo.fr
Fri Mar 7 10:11:42 UTC 2025


On 07/03/2025 at 02:55, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 01:08:15AM +0900, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
>> On 06/03/2025 at 22:11, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 08:29:58PM +0900, Vincent Mailhol via B4 Relay wrote:
>>>> From: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent at wanadoo.fr>
>>>>
>>>> Add some additional tests in lib/test_bits.c to cover the expected
>>>> results of the fixed type BIT_U*() macros.
>>>
>>> Still would be good to have a small assembly test case for GENMASK*() as they
>>> went split and it will be a good regression test in case somebody decides to
>>> unify both without much thinking..
>>
>> Let me confirm that I correctly understood your ask. Would something
>> like this meet your expectations?
> 
> I believe it should be written in asm.

I am not confident enough in my assembly skills to submit asm patches to
the kernel. So, I would rather take a pass on that one.

Regardless, if somebody decides to unify both without much thinking as
you said, I am fully confident that the patch will get Nack-ed right
away. So, I do not have any concerns.


Yours sincerely,
Vincent Mailhol



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