linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RESPIN] Staging: fsl-mc: include: mc: Kernel type 'int' preferred over 's16'

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Message-ID: <20161115100217.GA19614@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:02:17 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Shiva Kerdel <shiva@...ev.nl>
Cc:     stuart.yoder@....com, German.Rivera@...escale.com,
        treding@...dia.com, itai.katz@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESPIN] Staging: fsl-mc: include: mc: Kernel type 'int'
 preferred over 's16'

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 09:30:03AM +0100, Shiva Kerdel wrote:
> After following a discussion about the used integer types Dan Carpenter
> pointed out that 'int' types should be used over the current change to
> 's16'. The reason for this is to have an upper bound instead of overflowing
> the 's16' so we could still remove devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shiva Kerdel <shiva@...ev.nl>
> Suggested-by: Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@....com>
> Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/mc-bus.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

In the future, don't do [RESPIN] as that means nothing to me, and is
just noise...

thanks,

greg k-h