Re: [PATCH] bitops: add equivalent of BIT(x) for bitfields

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>]

Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net> writes:

> Introduce SETBITFIELD(msb, lsb, value) macro to ease dealing with
> continuous bitfields, just as BIT(x) does for single bits.
>
> SETBITFIELD_ULL(msb, lsb, value) macro is also added.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net>
> ---
>
> Code protected with "#ifdef __KERNEL__" just as the BIT(x)
> macros.
>
> I would have preferred another name, like BITS(x) but it is
> already used.
>
> Suggestions for other names welcome.
> ---
>  include/linux/bitops.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
> index a83c822..4659237 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bitops.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,20 @@
>  #define GENMASK_ULL(h, l) \
>  	(((~0ULL) << (l)) & (~0ULL >> (BITS_PER_LONG_LONG - 1 - (h))))
>  
> +#ifdef	__KERNEL__
> +/*
> + * Equivalent of BIT(x) but for contiguous bitfields
> + * SETBITFIELD(1, 0,0xff) = 0x00000003
> + * SETBITFIELD(3, 0,0xff) = 0x0000000f
> + * SETBITFIELD(15,8,0xff) = 0x0000ff00
> + * SETBITFIELD(6, 6,   1) = 0x00000040 == BIT(6)
> + */
> +#define SETBITFIELD(msb, lsb, val)     \
> +	(((val) << (lsb)) & (GENMASK((msb), (lsb))))
> +#define SETBITFIELD_ULL(msb, lsb, val) \
> +	(((val) << (lsb)) & (GENMASK_ULL((msb), (lsb))))
> +#endif

Pleaes check FIELD_PREP() from include/linux/bitfield.h, doesn't it
already do the same?

Adding Jakub to comment more.

-- 
Kalle Valo