Recent data integrity field enhancements allow reference tags to be up to 48 bits. Introduce an inline helper function since this will be a repeated operation. Suggested-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/kernel.h | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 33f47a996513..3877478681b9 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ } \ ) +/** + * lower_48_bits() - return bits 0-47 of a number + * @n: the number we're accessing + */ +static inline u64 lower_48_bits(u64 n) +{ + return n & ((1ull << 48) - 1); +} + /** * upper_32_bits - return bits 32-63 of a number * @n: the number we're accessing -- 2.25.4