@@ -4187,6 +4187,7 @@ F: include/linux/bits.h
F: include/linux/cpumask.h
F: include/linux/cpumask_types.h
F: include/linux/find.h
+F: include/linux/hw_bitfield.h
F: include/linux/nodemask.h
F: include/linux/nodemask_types.h
F: include/vdso/bits.h
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025, Collabora Ltd.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_HW_BITFIELD_H
+#define _LINUX_HW_BITFIELD_H
+
+#include <linux/bitfield.h>
+#include <linux/build_bug.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
+
+/**
+ * FIELD_PREP_WM16() - prepare a bitfield element with a mask in the upper half
+ * @_mask: shifted mask defining the field's length and position
+ * @_val: value to put in the field
+ *
+ * FIELD_PREP_WM16() masks and shifts up the value, as well as bitwise ORs the
+ * result with the mask shifted up by 16.
+ *
+ * This is useful for a common design of hardware registers where the upper
+ * 16-bit half of a 32-bit register is used as a write-enable mask. In such a
+ * register, a bit in the lower half is only updated if the corresponding bit
+ * in the upper half is high.
+ */
+#define FIELD_PREP_WM16(_mask, _val) \
+ ({ \
+ typeof(_val) __val = _val; \
+ typeof(_mask) __mask = _mask; \
+ __BF_FIELD_CHECK(__mask, ((u16)0U), __val, \
+ "HWORD_UPDATE: "); \
+ (((typeof(__mask))(__val) << __bf_shf(__mask)) & (__mask)) | \
+ ((__mask) << 16); \
+ })
+
+/**
+ * FIELD_PREP_WM16_CONST() - prepare a constant bitfield element with a mask in
+ * the upper half
+ * @_mask: shifted mask defining the field's length and position
+ * @_val: value to put in the field
+ *
+ * FIELD_PREP_WM16_CONST() masks and shifts up the value, as well as bitwise ORs
+ * the result with the mask shifted up by 16.
+ *
+ * This is useful for a common design of hardware registers where the upper
+ * 16-bit half of a 32-bit register is used as a write-enable mask. In such a
+ * register, a bit in the lower half is only updated if the corresponding bit
+ * in the upper half is high.
+ *
+ * Unlike FIELD_PREP_WM16(), this is a constant expression and can therefore
+ * be used in initializers. Error checking is less comfortable for this
+ * version.
+ */
+#define FIELD_PREP_WM16_CONST(_mask, _val) \
+ ( \
+ FIELD_PREP_CONST(_mask, _val) | \
+ (BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(const_true((u64)(_mask) > U16_MAX)) + \
+ ((_mask) << 16)) \
+ )
+
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_HW_BITFIELD_H */
Hardware of various vendors, but very notably Rockchip, often uses 32-bit registers where the upper 16-bit half of the register is a write-enable mask for the lower half. This type of hardware setup allows for more granular concurrent register write access. Over the years, many drivers have hand-rolled their own version of this macro, usually without any checks, often called something like HIWORD_UPDATE or FIELD_PREP_HIWORD, commonly with slightly different semantics between them. Clearly there is a demand for such a macro, and thus the demand should be satisfied in a common header file. As this is a convention that spans across multiple vendors, and similar conventions may also have cross-vendor adoption, it's best if it lives in a vendor-agnostic header file that can be expanded over time. Add hw_bitfield.h with two macros: FIELD_PREP_WM16, and FIELD_PREP_WM16_CONST. The latter is a version that can be used in initializers, like FIELD_PREP_CONST. Suggested-by: Yury Norov [NVIDIA] <yury.norov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@collabora.com> --- MAINTAINERS | 1 + include/linux/hw_bitfield.h | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+)