On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 01:08:56AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > > Can it be written in C with types and proper variable names and such
> > > radical stuff?
> >
> > Could you elaborate? You mean inline helper or macro with type checks?
>
> /*
> * description goes here
> */
> static inline pteval_t pte_bfop(pteval_t val, int rightshift, ...)
> {
> ...
> }
>
> So much better! We really should only implement code in a macro if it
> *has* to be done as a macro and I don't think that's the case here?
Well, I'll have to check if it really doesn't generate additional
instructions in generated code, since it's hotpath. I'll ping back
once things are done.
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