linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (ads1015) Handle negative conversion values correctly

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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:26:24 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Peter Rosin <peda@...ator.liu.se>
Cc:	Dirk Eibach <eibach@...ys.de>, Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (ads1015) Handle negative conversion values
 correctly

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 02:07:52PM +0100, Peter Rosin wrote:
> From: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
> 
> Make the divisor signed as DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST is undefined for negative
> dividends when the divisor is unsigned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/ads1015.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>