+ bitfieldh-remove-32bit-from-field_get-comment-block.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: include/linux/bitfield.h: remove 32bit from FIELD_GET comment block
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     bitfieldh-remove-32bit-from-field_get-comment-block.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/bitfieldh-remove-32bit-from-field_get-comment-block.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/bitfieldh-remove-32bit-from-field_get-comment-block.patch

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From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: include/linux/bitfield.h: remove 32bit from FIELD_GET comment block

I do not see anything that restricts this macro to 32 bit width.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1505921975-23379-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 include/linux/bitfield.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN include/linux/bitfield.h~bitfieldh-remove-32bit-from-field_get-comment-block include/linux/bitfield.h
--- a/include/linux/bitfield.h~bitfieldh-remove-32bit-from-field_get-comment-block
+++ a/include/linux/bitfield.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 /**
  * FIELD_GET() - extract a bitfield element
  * @_mask: shifted mask defining the field's length and position
- * @_reg:  32bit value of entire bitfield
+ * @_reg:  value of entire bitfield
  *
  * FIELD_GET() extracts the field specified by @_mask from the
  * bitfield passed in as @_reg by masking and shifting it down.
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are

bitfieldh-remove-32bit-from-field_get-comment-block.patch

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