Re: [PATCH 1/1] remove BITS_TO_TYPE macro

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> remove BITS_TO_TYPE macro
>
> I realized, that it is actually the same as DIV_ROUND_UP, use it instead.

unless there are some patches in the queue, the whole area of rounding
up and aligning is still sort of messy.

kernel.h defines the following:

...
#define ALIGN(x,a)              __ALIGN_MASK(x,(typeof(x))(a)-1)
#define __ALIGN_MASK(x,mask)    (((x)+(mask))&~(mask))
...
#define DIV_ROUND_UP(n,d) (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))
#define roundup(x, y) ((((x) + ((y) - 1)) / (y)) * (y))
...

yet there is no corresponding DIV_ROUND_DOWN() or rounddown(), just
for the sake of consistency. (maybe there's simply no need?)

would someone like to propose a single, consistent standard for those
things?  or is it not worth it?

rday
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