linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: hid-gfrm: avoid warning for input

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Message-ID: <20151105182310.GB36023@dtor-ws>
Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:23:10 -0800
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:	Petri Gynther <pgynther@...gle.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-input <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: hid-gfrm: avoid warning for input_configured API
 change

On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 10:32:24AM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> 
> > > > The input_configured callback was recently changed to return
> > > > an 'int', but the newly added driver uses the old API:
> > > >
> > > > drivers/hid/hid-gfrm.c:151:22: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
> > > >
> > > > This changes the driver like the other ones.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Petri Gynther <pgynther@...gle.com>
> > 
> > Hmm, the question is how to merge this, given that one change is in
> > Jiri's tree and another in mine...
> 
> In this case probably the best course of action is you cherry-picking 
> b2c68a2f1bab from my tree into yours, and proceeding further. git can 
> handle doubled commits (that will end up in Linus' tree eventually) 
> easily.
> 
> Another option would be to create a joint merge tree that'd contain both 
> branches merged together and proceed further from that, but I don't think 
> it's worth the hassle for simple case like this.
> 
> Works for you?

I went the cherry-pick route.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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