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SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused BIT macros definitions
Hello Greg,

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 03:32:36PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 03:21:03PM +0200, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> > BIT(x) macro used all over the driver is defined in
> > include/vsdo/bit.h as
> >
> > - #define BIT(nr) (UL(1) << (nr))
> >
> > which is safer than the local BIT macros declared.
> > Local macros shift a signed integer which brings
> > unespected results. For example:
> >
> > (unsigned long)(1 << 31) => 0xffffffff80000000
> >
> > shift.c:
> >
> > int main() {
> > printf("%lx\n", (unsigned long)(1 << 31));
> > printf("%lx\n", (unsigned long)(1U << 31));
> > return 0;
> > }
> > ---
> >
> > $ ./shift
> > ffffffff80000000
> > 80000000
> > ---
>
> Don't put "---" in a changelog text, otherwise the signed-off-by will be
> cut off. Can you resend it with that changed to something else like
> "---------------" or anything else?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

sure I'm about to send a v2,

thank you,

fabio

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