Re: [PATCH 1/4] drivers/net/ethernet/sfc: Add efx_ prefix to set_bit_le()

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Jun 11 2012 - 10:09:31 EST


On Monday 11 June 2012, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote:
>
> /* Set bit in a little-endian bitfield */
> -static inline void set_bit_le(unsigned nr, unsigned char *addr)
> +static inline void efx_set_bit_le(unsigned nr, unsigned char *addr)
> {
> addr[nr / 8] |= (1 << (nr % 8));
> }
>
> /* Clear bit in a little-endian bitfield */
> -static inline void clear_bit_le(unsigned nr, unsigned char *addr)
> +static inline void efx_clear_bit_le(unsigned nr, unsigned char *addr)
> {
> addr[nr / 8] &= ~(1 << (nr % 8));
> }

Hmm, any reason why we're not just using the existing non-atomic
__set_bit_le() here? I think the helpers in sfc and tulip can
just get removed if you use those.

Arnd
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