common: introduce BIT_U16

diff --git a/src/suricata-common.h b/src/suricata-common.h
index 09887df58eec3c87af692a41ad88ddbd5f746420..cb2c214837a5d6a02e61accf3dcb4f0b6e7bb4e9 100644 (file)
--- a/src/suricata-common.h
+++ b/src/suricata-common.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@
 #define MAX(x, y) (((x)<(y))?(y):(x))
 #endif
 
+#define BIT_U16(n) ((uint16_t)(1 << (n)))
 #define BIT_U32(n) (1UL  << (n))
 #define BIT_U64(n) (1ULL << (n))