From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>

Replace the:
        *reg &= ~mask; *reg |= new_value;
with a single assignment.
While the compiler will usually optimise the extra access away
it isn't guaranteed.

Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/bitfield.h | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bitfield.h b/include/linux/bitfield.h
index f1859e28df5d..c354ca2ef1a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitfield.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitfield.h
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@
 		__auto_type _val = 1 ? (val) : _mask;					\
 		typecheck_pointer(_reg_p);						\
 		__BF_FIELD_CHECK(_mask, *(_reg_p), _val, "FIELD_MODIFY: ");		\
-		*(_reg_p) &= ~(_mask);							\
-		*(_reg_p) |= (_val << __bf_shf(_mask)) & _mask;				\
+		*_reg_p = (*_reg_p & ~_mask) | ((_val << __bf_shf(_mask)) & _mask);	\
 	})
 
 extern void __compiletime_error("value doesn't fit into mask")
-- 
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