linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arch: asm-generic: for atomic_set_mask() 1st param, use 'unsigned int' instead of 'unsigned long'

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Date:	Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:21:06 +0200
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>, takata@...ux-m32r.org,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	realmz paranoid <realmz6@...il.com>, linux390@...ibm.com,
	"uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org" 
	<uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-m32r@...linux-m32r.org, linux-m32r-ja@...linux-m32r.org,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Marc Gauthier <Marc.Gauthier@...silica.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arch: asm-generic: for atomic_set_mask() 1st param,
 use 'unsigned int' instead of 'unsigned long'

On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 02:31:42PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
> atomic_set_mask() and atomic_clear_mask() are the pairs, so the related
> parameters' type need match with each other.
> 
> The type of 'addr->counter' is 'int', so use 'unsigned int' instead
> of 'unsigned long', and let atomic_set_mask() match atomic_clear_mask().
> 
> 
> For arch sub-system, currently, have 3 types of definition for them:
> 1st for 'int', 2nd for 'long', 3rd is conflict to use 'int' and 'long'.
> 
> At least, better to fix 3rd (conflict using 'int' and 'long').
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
> ---
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/atomic.h |    4 ++--
>  arch/m32r/include/asm/atomic.h     |    8 ++++----
>  arch/s390/include/asm/atomic.h     |    4 ++--
>  include/asm-generic/atomic.h       |    2 +-
>  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

For the s390 part:

Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>

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