On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 11:51:53AM +0000, Pieter Jansen van Vuuren wrote:
> +/* These functions specifically help shifting words in network
> + * byte order, given that they are specified in host order. */
> +static inline uint32_t
> +shift_ovs_be32_left(uint32_t word, int shift)
> +{
> + uint32_t word_shifted = (OVS_FORCE uint32_t)htonl(word) << shift;
> +
> + return ntohl((OVS_FORCE ovs_be32)word_shifted);
> +}
> +
> +static inline uint32_t
> +shift_ovs_be32_right(uint32_t word, int shift)
> +{
> + uint32_t word_shifted = (OVS_FORCE uint32_t)htonl(word) >> shift;
> +
> + return ntohl((OVS_FORCE ovs_be32)word_shifted);
> +}
I don't understand how these new operations make sense. Can you
explain?
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