Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCHv3 04/10] linux/kernel: introduce lower_48_bits macro | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:17:02 -0800 |
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On Tue, 2022-02-22 at 13:12 -0800, Keith Busch wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 12:31:30PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > > > I'd only use something GENMASK() for bit ranges. > > > Even then it is often easier to just write the value in hex. > > > > Mostly it's the count of the repeated f that's difficult to > > quickly verify visually. > > I admit I made this counting mistake in earlier versions of this series.
It's simply hard for humans to do...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subitizing
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