Re: [PATCH v2] bitfield.h: add FIELD_MAX() and field_max()

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Tue Mar 10 2020 - 17:29:43 EST


On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 10:23:02PM -0600, Alex Elder wrote:
> Define FIELD_MAX(), which supplies the maximum value that can be
> represented by a bitfield. Define field_max() as well, to go
> along with the lower-case forms of the field mask functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Added Acked-by from Jakub.
>
> David, I added you to this because it's probably easiest to take
> this change in through your tree with the rest of the IPA code
> (which uses field_max(), defined here).
>
> -Alex
>
> include/linux/bitfield.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bitfield.h b/include/linux/bitfield.h
> index 4bbb5f1c8b5b..48ea093ff04c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bitfield.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bitfield.h
> @@ -55,6 +55,19 @@
> (1ULL << __bf_shf(_mask))); \
> })
>
> +/**
> + * FIELD_MAX() - produce the maximum value representable by a field
> + * @_mask: shifted mask defining the field's length and position
> + *
> + * FIELD_MAX() returns the maximum value that can be held in the field
> + * specified by @_mask.
> + */
> +#define FIELD_MAX(_mask) \
> + ({ \
> + __BF_FIELD_CHECK(_mask, 0ULL, 0ULL, "FIELD_MAX: "); \
> + (typeof(_mask))((_mask) >> __bf_shf(_mask)); \
> + })
> +
> /**
> * FIELD_FIT() - check if value fits in the field
> * @_mask: shifted mask defining the field's length and position
> @@ -110,6 +123,7 @@ static __always_inline u64 field_mask(u64 field)
> {
> return field / field_multiplier(field);
> }
> +#define field_max(field) ((typeof(field))field_mask(field))
> #define ____MAKE_OP(type,base,to,from) \
> static __always_inline __##type type##_encode_bits(base v, base field) \
> { \
> --
> 2.20.1
>

Without this patch, the IPA driver that was picked up a couple of days
ago does not build...

$ make -j$(nproc) -s ARCH=arm64 CC=clang CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- O=out.arm32 distclean allyesconfig drivers/net/ipa/
../drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c:182:28: error: implicit declaration of function 'field_max' [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
BUILD_BUG_ON(TABLE_SIZE > field_max(IP_FLTRT_FLAGS_HASH_SIZE_FMASK));
^
../drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c:182:28: note: did you mean 'field_mask'?
../include/linux/bitfield.h:109:28: note: 'field_mask' declared here
static __always_inline u64 field_mask(u64 field)
^
../drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c:183:28: error: implicit declaration of function 'field_max' [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
BUILD_BUG_ON(TABLE_SIZE > field_max(IP_FLTRT_FLAGS_NHASH_SIZE_FMASK));
^
../drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c:220:39: error: implicit declaration of function 'field_max' [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
BUILD_BUG_ON(GSI_RING_ELEMENT_SIZE > field_max(ELEMENT_SIZE_FMASK));
^
2 errors generated.
../drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c:220:39: note: did you mean 'field_mask'?
../include/linux/bitfield.h:109:28: note: 'field_mask' declared here
static __always_inline u64 field_mask(u64 field)
^
../drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c:223:39: error: implicit declaration of function 'field_max' [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
BUILD_BUG_ON(GSI_RING_ELEMENT_SIZE > field_max(EV_ELEMENT_SIZE_FMASK));
^
make[5]: *** [../scripts/Makefile.build:267: drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.o] Error 1
make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
../drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c:710:16: error: implicit declaration of function 'field_max' [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
wrr_weight = field_max(WRR_WEIGHT_FMASK);
^
3 errors generated.
make[5]: *** [../scripts/Makefile.build:267: drivers/net/ipa/gsi.o] Error 1
../drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c:584:14: error: implicit declaration of function 'field_max' [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
if (scale > field_max(SCALE_FMASK))
^
../drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c:584:14: note: did you mean 'field_mask'?
../include/linux/bitfield.h:109:28: note: 'field_mask' declared here
static __always_inline u64 field_mask(u64 field)
^
../drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c:965:16: error: implicit declaration of function 'field_max' [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
return val == field_max(IPA_STATUS_FLAGS1_RT_RULE_ID_FMASK);
^
2 errors generated.

This probably should go through the net-next tree to avoid that build
breakage.

Cheers,
Nathan