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The macros cpu_to_le16() and cpu_to_le32() have special cases for constants. Their __constant_<foo> versions are not required. On little endian systems, both cpu_to_le16() and __constant_cpu_to_le16() expand to the same expression. Same is the case with cpu_to_le32(). On big endian systems, cpu_to_le16() expands to __swab16() which has a __builtin_constant_p check. Similarly, cpu_to_le32() expands to __swab32(). Consequently these macros can be safely used with constants, and hence all those uses are converted. This was discovered as a part of a checkpatch evaluation, looking at all reports of WARNING:CONSTANT_CONVERSION error type. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210716112852.24598-1-dwaipayanray1@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.