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

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Sebastian Frias <sf84@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Introduce SETBITFIELD(msb, lsb, value) macro to ease dealing with
> continuous bitfields, just as BIT(x) does for single bits.

If it's a bitfield, why not calling it that way?

So what about BITFIELD(start ,size), like arch/tile/kernel/tile-desc_32.c has?

> SETBITFIELD_ULL(msb, lsb, value) macro is also added.

Confused by the need for a "value" parameter...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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