include/linux/bitops.h: introduce BITS_PER_TYPE
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1852637 net_dim.h has a rather useful extension to BITS_PER_BYTE to compute the number of bits in a type (BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(T)), so promote the macro to bitops.h, alongside BITS_PER_BYTE, for wider usage. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180706094458.14116-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.ukSigned-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@broadcom.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> (backported from commit 9144d75e) Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> Acked-by: Khaled Elmously <khalid.elmously@canonical.com> Acked-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com>
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