> Whoa, thanks for explaining that to me -- I didn't know, obviously. I had > just written a test program that used "Ir" with an automatic variable > defined in the inline function (as is the case with these bitops) and > observed that even when I gave > 32 values, it would still work -- hence > my conclusion. > > However, the patch still stands, does it not? [ I will modify the > changelog, obviously. ] The thing is that we don't want to limit > @nr to <= 31 in the first place, or am I wrong again? :-)
These bit operations only allow 8 bit immediates, so 0..255 would be correct. N might work from the 4.1 docs, but I don't know if it works in all old supported gccs (3.2+) However I is definitely not wrong and most bit numbers are small anyways. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
