Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] overflow.h: Add arithmetic shift helper
From: Dan Carpenter <hidden>
Date: 2018-08-01 08:07:43
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From: Dan Carpenter <hidden>
Date: 2018-08-01 08:07:43
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On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 10:57:44AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
The idea is nice, but I don't like the API. The "_overflow" feels too
specific because maybe we could check for other things in the future.
Normally boolean macros should say they are boolean in the name and I
would prefer if it returned zero on failure.
if (!checked_shift(dest, mask, shift)) {
if (!shift_ok(dest, mask, shift)) {
if (!safe_shift(dest, mask, shift)) {
Huh... It turns out I put the argument order different as well.
If we wanted to keep it returning 1 on failure then some other names
are:
if (shift_failed(dest, mask, shift)) {
if (shift_error(dest, mask, shift)) {
if (shift_overflow(dest, mask, shift)) {
regards,
dan carpenter