Messages in this thread | | | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: checkpatch: Tweak BIT() macro include | Date | Thu, 20 May 2021 14:27:45 -0600 |
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Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au> writes:
> While include/linux/bitops.h brings in the BIT() macro, it was moved to > include/linux/bits.h in commit 8bd9cb51daac ("locking/atomics, asm-generic: > Move some macros from <linux/bitops.h> to a new <linux/bits.h> file"). > > Since that commit BIT() has moved again into include/vdso/bits.h via > commit 3945ff37d2f4 ("linux/bits.h: Extract common header for vDSO"). > > I think the move to the vDSO header can be considered an implementation > detail, so for now update the checkpatch documentation to recommend use > of include/linux/bits.h. > > Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org> > Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au> > --- > Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst > index 51fed1bd72ec..59fcc9f627ea 100644 > --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst > +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst > @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ Macros, Attributes and Symbols > > **BIT_MACRO** > Defines like: 1 << <digit> could be BIT(digit). > - The BIT() macro is defined in include/linux/bitops.h:: > + The BIT() macro is defined via include/linux/bits.h::
Applied, thanks.
jon
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