On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Jacopo Mondi >> +#define PIN_CONF_UNPACK_PARAM(c) ((c) & 0xffUL) >> +#define PIN_CONF_UNPACK_ARGS(c) ((c) >> 8) > > But why. > > I have these two static inlines just below your new macros: > > static inline enum pin_config_param pinconf_to_config_param(unsigned > long config) > { > return (enum pin_config_param) (config & 0xffUL); > } > > static inline u32 pinconf_to_config_argument(unsigned long config) > { > return (u32) ((config >> 8) & 0xffffffUL); > } Cool, need...more...context...in...patches ;-) > Why can't you use this in your code instead of macros? > > We generally prefer static inlines over macros because they are easier > to read. Sure. Thanks for noticing! Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds