Re: [patch 1/6] x86: apicdef unification: some constants made unsigned

From: Maciej W. Rozycki
Date: Mon Nov 12 2007 - 07:32:19 EST


On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Robert Richter wrote:

> -#define GET_APIC_VERSION(x) ((x)&0xFF)
> -#define GET_APIC_MAXLVT(x) (((x)>>16)&0xFF)
> -#define APIC_INTEGRATED(x) ((x)&0xF0)
> +#define GET_APIC_VERSION(x) ((x)&0xFFu)
> +#define GET_APIC_MAXLVT(x) (((x)>>16)&0xFFu)
> +#define APIC_INTEGRATED(x) ((x)&0xF0u)

No point in doing this -- hexadecimal literals are unsigned by
definition. File a compiler bug if you see them interpreted otherwise.

Maciej
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