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From: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>
To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, jsrhbz@kanargh.force9.co.uk,
	christoph.muellner@theobroma-systems.com, linux@roeck-us.net,
	linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
	tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	hpa@zytor.com, maxime.coquelin@st.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	tytso@mit.edu
Cc: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org, Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] bitops.h: improve documentation for sign_extend32()
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:30:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1421757055-8234-2-git-send-email-martink@posteo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1421757055-8234-1-git-send-email-martink@posteo.de>

Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>
---
 include/linux/bitops.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index 5d858e0..336f22b 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ static inline __u8 ror8(__u8 word, unsigned int shift)
  * sign_extend32 - sign extend a 32-bit value using specified bit as sign-bit
  * @value: value to sign extend
  * @index: 0 based bit index (0<=index<32) to sign bit
+ *
+ * Safe to use for sign extending to 8 and 16 bit data types aswell.
  */
 static inline __s32 sign_extend32(__u32 value, int index)
 {
-- 
2.1.4


  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-20 12:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-12 17:22 [PATCH v2] bitops.h: add sign_extend8(), 16 and 64 functions Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-12 17:28 ` [RFC] input: gtco: use bitops' sign_extend8 Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-12 17:28   ` [RFC] rtc: use sign_extend8 instead of manual conversion Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-12 17:28   ` [RFC] media: stb0899: use sign_extend8 instead of manual work Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-12 17:28   ` [RFC] hwmon: jc42: use bitops' sign_extend16 Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-12 19:53     ` Guenter Roeck
2015-01-12 19:48 ` [PATCH v2] bitops.h: add sign_extend8(), 16 and 64 functions Guenter Roeck
2015-01-14 16:56 ` [RFC PATCH 0/4] Example changes using proposed sign_extend functions Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-14 16:56   ` [PATCH 1/4] input: gtco: use bitops' sign_extend8 Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-14 16:56   ` [PATCH 2/4] rtc: use sign_extend8 instead of manual conversion Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-14 16:56   ` [PATCH 3/4] media: stb0899: use sign_extend8 instead of manual work Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-14 16:56   ` [PATCH 4/4] hwmon: jc42: use bitops' sign_extend16 Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-18 19:06 ` [tip:core/types] bitops: Add sign_extend8(), 16 and 64 functions tip-bot for Martin Kepplinger
     [not found]   ` <CA+55aFyc7TbnLBi3rcQDrtkwg9TgDnb5dAfupMGSbTKZC6Xd0g@mail.gmail.com>
2015-01-19  1:11     ` Guenter Roeck
2015-01-19  4:00     ` Linus Torvalds
2015-01-20 12:30       ` [PATCH v3 0/2] bitops.h: add sign_extend64() API and improve doc Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-20 12:30         ` Martin Kepplinger [this message]
2015-01-20 12:30         ` [PATCH 2/2] bitops.h: Add sign_extend64() API Martin Kepplinger
2015-01-19 10:04     ` [tip:core/types] bitops: Add sign_extend8(), 16 and 64 functions Peter Zijlstra
2015-01-21 20:22       ` H. Peter Anvin
2015-02-05  7:17         ` Ingo Molnar
2015-02-05 14:11           ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-12 11:11             ` Example use of sign_extend64() Martin Kepplinger
2015-02-12 11:11               ` [RFC][PATCH] arch: sh: use sign_extend64() for sign extension Martin Kepplinger
2015-02-05 16:39           ` [tip:core/types] bitops: Add sign_extend8(), 16 and 64 functions H. Peter Anvin

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