On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 at 07:26, David Laight wrote:
>
> ...
> > Yes, yes, that may end up requiring getting rid of some current users of
> >
> > #define MIN(a,b) ((a)<(b) ? (a):(b))
> >
> > but dammit, we don't actually have _that_ many of them, and why should
> > we have random drivers doing that
...
> Yes, yes, that may end up requiring getting rid of some current users of
>
> #define MIN(a,b) ((a)<(b) ? (a):(b))
>
> but dammit, we don't actually have _that_ many of them, and why should
> we have random drivers doing that anyway?
They look like they could be changed to min().
It is ev
From: Linus Torvalds
> Sent: 25 February 2024 17:14
>
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 at 08:53, David Laight wrote:
> >
> > The expansions of min() and max() contain statement expressions so are
> > not valid for static intialisers.
> > min_const() and max_const() are expressions so can be used for static
On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 at 08:53, David Laight wrote:
>
> The expansions of min() and max() contain statement expressions so are
> not valid for static intialisers.
> min_const() and max_const() are expressions so can be used for static
> initialisers.
I hate the name.
Naming shouldn't be about an i
The expansions of min() and max() contain statement expressions so are
not valid for static intialisers.
min_const() and max_const() are expressions so can be used for static
initialisers.
The arguments are checked for being constant and for negative signed
values being converted to large unsigned
