Re: [PATCH v2 04/11] iio: adc: ad_sigma_delta: use BITS_TO_BYTES() macro
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Jul 01 2025 - 09:47:23 EST
On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 08:33:59AM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
> On 6/30/25 3:59 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 03:56:43PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> >> On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:40:00 -0500
> >> David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
> >>> - samples_buf_size = ALIGN(slot * indio_dev->channels[0].scan_type.storagebits / 8, 8);
> >>> + samples_buf_size = ALIGN(slot * BITS_TO_BYTES(scan_type->storagebits), 8);
> >>
> >> Ah. You do it here. Fair enough and no problem wrt to patch 1 then.
> >
> > Hmm... Should the second 8 be something like sizeof(unsigned long lone) for
> > semantic distinguishing with 8-bit bytes?
>
> Yeah, I considered to use sizeof(s64) to match the next line, but it
> it seems like a separate change, so in the end I decided against doing
> it in this patch and it seems too small of a thing for a separate patch.
The problem in not the size of the change, the problem is that semantically
those 8:s are _different_ and code readability will be much better if we make
them so explicitly.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko