On 04/21, Luck, Tony wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 02:35:51PM -0600, Vishal Verma wrote:
> > On 04/21, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > > Needs extra parentheses to make it right. Vishal, sorry I led you astray.
> > >
> > > if (!((mce->status & 0xef80) == BIT(7)))
> >
> > Is this still right though? Anything AND'ed with 0xef80 will never equal
> > BIT(7) which is simply 01000000 binary (the lowest byte of the left hand
> > side is '0')
>
> I think so ... here it is in binary
>
> ef80 = 1110 1111 1000 0000
> BIT7 = 0000 0000 1000 0000
>
> so the "&" will zap bits {6:0} and bit {12} [and everything not part
> of the MCACOD field].
>
> If mce->status had some bit above BIT(7) set, it won't be zapped, so we
> won't match the exact value BIT(7).
Ah, you're right, I was off by one, taking BIT(7) to mean 0100 0000
>
> -Tony
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