64 bit register manipuate using 1ULL << (a) macro?

[timmu]

If I have set a macro such like:

#define BIT(a) (1ULL << (a))

will something like
*(u64*)REGISTER 1 |= BIT(53)
work if i wanna set bit[53] as 1 ?

I'm running on MIPS which have several 64bit registers,
just don't know if the syntax will work.

thanks for any idea.

[pete]

Re: 64 bit register manipuate using 1ULL &lt;&lt; (a) macro?

timmu wrote:[color=blue]
>
> If I have set a macro such like:
>
> #define BIT(a) (1ULL << (a))
>
> will something like
> *(u64*)REGISTER 1 |= BIT(53)
> work if i wanna set bit[53] as 1 ?
>
> I'm running on MIPS which have several 64bit registers,
> just don't know if the syntax will work.
>
> thanks for any idea.[/color]

Looks OK to me.

#define BIT(a) (1ULL << (a))

#define READ_BIT(U, N) ((U) >> (N) & 1ULL)
#define SET_BIT(U, N) ((void)((U) |= BIT(N)))
#define CLEAR_BIT(U, N) ((void)((U) &= ~BIT(N)))
#define FLIP_BIT(U, N) ((void)((U) ^= BIT(N)))

--
pete

[Dave Thompson]

Re: 64 bit register manipuate using 1ULL &lt;&lt; (a) macro?

On 25 Apr 2006 03:06:11 -0700, "timmu" <tim119@gmail.c om> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> If I have set a macro such like:
>
> #define BIT(a) (1ULL << (a))
>
> will something like
> *(u64*)REGISTER 1 |= BIT(53)
> work if i wanna set bit[53] as 1 ?
>[/color]
Assuming you want little-endian bit numbering, u64 is a typedef for a
sufficiently large (presumably 64-bit) unsigned type, and REGISTER1 is
(or evalutes to) a pointer to something that is large enough and
correctly aligned to hold a u64, yes.
[color=blue]
> I'm running on MIPS which have several 64bit registers,
> just don't know if the syntax will work.
>[/color]
If you mean processor registers, it is extremely rare to be able to
have a pointer to one of those. (There are some odd architectures
which do this, but MIPS is not one of them.) On modern compilers it's
rarely possible to assign a variable to a particular or known
register, or even to any register, but if you can and do for a
variable of type u64 then just x |= BIT(53).

- David.Thompson1 at worldnet.att.ne t