Re: [PATCH] nfp: convert nfp_eth_set_bit_config() into a macro

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Oct 04 2017 - 14:07:30 EST


On Tue, 2017-10-03 at 13:05 -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> nfp_eth_set_bit_config() is marked as __always_inline to allow gcc to
> identify the 'mask' parameter as known to be constant at compile time,
> which is required to use the FIELD_GET() macro.
>
> The forced inlining does the trick for gcc, but for kernel builds with
> clang it results in undefined symbols:

Can't you use local different FIELD_PREP/FIELD_GET macros
with a different name without the BUILD_BUG tests?

i.e.:

#define NFP_FIELD_PREP(_mask, _val) \
({ \
((typeof(_mask))(_val) << __bf_shf(_mask)) & (_mask); \
})

#define NFP_FIELD_GET(_mask, _reg) \
({ \
(typeof(_mask))(((_reg) & (_mask)) >> __bf_shf(_mask)); \
})

Then the __always_inline can be removed from
nfp_eth_set_bit_config too.