From: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bitfield.h: add FIELD_MAX() and field_max()
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:06:09 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16889e77-31cf-58f6-c27e-5b8a6b3e604d@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d6bf67ba-3546-c582-21a6-30cbd4edd984@linaro.org>
On 2/28/20 12:04 PM, Alex Elder wrote:
>
>
> I find field_max() to be a good name for what I'm looking for.
Sorry I wanted to add this but clicked "send" too fast.
Yes it's the same as field_mask(), but that name only *implies*
it is the same as the maximum value. I mean, they're the same,
but the name I'm suggesting conveys its purpose better.
-Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-28 18:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-28 16:53 Alex Elder
2020-02-28 17:56 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-28 18:04 ` Alex Elder
2020-02-28 18:06 ` Alex Elder [this message]
2020-02-28 18:33 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-28 18:37 ` Alex Elder
2020-02-28 19:01 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-29 13:10 ` Alex Elder
2020-02-29 20:17 ` Jakub Kicinski
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