Re: [RFC] staging: media: atomisp: Simplyfy masking bit logic

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>]

On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 07:38:40AM +0000, Adrian Barnaś wrote:
> Simplified masking logic in pci/hive_isp_css_common/host/vmem.c.

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> ---
> 
> I have tested this change on whole range of *valid* inputs, and it gives
> the same results as before, but this function seems to be little
> counter-intuitive as far as start is a (bit index) but end is
> (bit index + 1).

We can't change it without changing the callers at the same time.
So, better to change just helpers and later on, if working, change
the semantics of the parameter.

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>  subword(hive_uedge w, unsigned int start, unsigned int end)
>  {
> -	return (w & (((1ULL << (end - 1)) - 1) << 1 | 1)) >> start;
> +	return (w & __GENMASK_ULL(end-1, 0)) >> start;

Why __ variant?

>  }

...

>  inv_subword(hive_uedge w, unsigned int start, unsigned int end)
>  {
> -	return w & (~(((1ULL << (end - 1)) - 1) << 1 | 1) | ((1ULL << start) - 1));
> +	return w & (~__GENMASK_ULL(end-1, start));
>  }

Ditto.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko