The patch titled
Subject: linux/types.h: remove unnecessary __bitwise__
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
linux-typesh-remove-unnecessary-__bitwise__.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/linux-typesh-remove-unnecessary-__bitwise__.patch
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https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/linux-typesh-remove-unnecessary-__bitwise__.patch
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From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: linux/types.h: remove unnecessary __bitwise__
There are no users of "__bitwise__" except the definition of "__bitwise".
Remove __bitwise__ and define __bitwise directly.
This is a follow-up to 05de97003c77 ("linux/types.h: enable endian checks
for all sparse builds").
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220310220927.245704-2-helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/types.h | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/include/uapi/linux/types.h~linux-typesh-remove-unnecessary-__bitwise__
+++ a/include/uapi/linux/types.h
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@
*/
#ifdef __CHECKER__
-#define __bitwise__ __attribute__((bitwise))
+#define __bitwise __attribute__((bitwise))
#else
-#define __bitwise__
+#define __bitwise
#endif
-#define __bitwise __bitwise__
typedef __u16 __bitwise __le16;
typedef __u16 __bitwise __be16;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx are
linux-typesh-remove-unnecessary-__bitwise__.patch
documentation-sparse-add-hints-about-__checker__.patch
