On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 05:50:45PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 08:45:53AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Tue, 2022-02-22 at 08:31 -0800, Keith Busch wrote: > > > +/** > > > + * lower_48_bits - return bits 0-47 of a number > > > + * @n: the number we're accessing > > > + */ > > > +#define lower_48_bits(n) ((u64)((n) & 0xffffffffffffull)) > > > > why not make this a static inline function? > > Agreed. Sure, that sounds good to me. I only did it this way to match the existing local convention, but I personally prefer the inline function too.