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[ethtool,04/21] Fix type of bit-number parameter to set_bit() and clear_bit()

Message ID 1320189283.2758.34.camel@bwh-desktop
State Not Applicable, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Ben Hutchings Nov. 1, 2011, 11:14 p.m. UTC
The index must not be negative, so the parameter does not need to be
signed.  Division and modulus on signed operands generally cannot be
optimised to right-shift and bitwise-and.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
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 internal.h |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/internal.h b/internal.h
index 693b091..2b6a54a 100644
--- a/internal.h
+++ b/internal.h
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@  static inline u64 cpu_to_be64(u64 value)
 #define DIV_ROUND_UP(n, d)	(((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))
 #define BITS_TO_LONGS(nr)	DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_LONG)
 
-static inline void set_bit(int nr, unsigned long *addr)
+static inline void set_bit(unsigned int nr, unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	addr[nr / BITS_PER_LONG] |= 1UL << (nr % BITS_PER_LONG);
 }
 
-static inline void clear_bit(int nr, unsigned long *addr)
+static inline void clear_bit(unsigned int nr, unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	addr[nr / BITS_PER_LONG] &= ~(1UL << (nr % BITS_PER_LONG));
 }