Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There's a bug in *_encode_bits() in using ~field_multiplier() for
> the check whether or not the constant value fits into the field,
> this is wrong and clearly ~field_mask() was intended. This was
> triggering for me for both constant and non-constant values.
>
> Additionally, make this case actually into an compile error.
> Declaring the extern function that will never exist with just a
> warning is pointless as then later we'll just get a link error.
>
> While at it, also fix the indentation in those lines I'm touching.
>
> Finally, as suggested by Andy Shevchenko, add some tests and for
> that introduce also u8 helpers. The tests don't compile without
> the fix, showing that it's necessary.
>
> Fixes: 00b0c9b82663 ("Add primitives for manipulating bitfields both in host- and fixed-endian.")
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
3 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
e7d4a95da86e bitfield: fix *_encode_bits()
37a3862e1238 bitfield: add u8 helpers
0e2dc70e3d0d bitfield: add tests
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10476545/
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