linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] serial: xilinx_uartps: Fix warnings in the driver

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Message-ID: <20190610151213.GA7305@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:12:13 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, monstr@...str.eu, johan@...nel.org,
        Nava kishore Manne <nava.manne@...inx.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] serial: xilinx_uartps: Fix warnings in the driver

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 05:06:57PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> On 10. 06. 19 16:44, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:44:55AM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> >> From: Nava kishore Manne <nava.manne@...inx.com>
> >>
> >> This patch fixes the below warning
> >>
> >>         -->Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO' are not preferred.
> >>            Consider using octal permissions '0444'.
> >>         -->macros should not use a trailing semicolon.
> >>         -->line over 80 characters.
> >>         -->void function return statements are not generally useful.
> >>         -->Prefer 'unsigned int' to bare use of 'unsigned'.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Nava kishore Manne <nava.manne@...inx.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Happy to split it if needed.
> > 
> > Please split.  Do not do more than one "logical thing" per patch.
> > 
> > And the subject is not correct, there are no general "warnings", these
> > are all checkpatch warnings, not a build issue.
> 
> ok. Will do. Any issue with second patch?

It will change your user/kernel api but hey, it's your call, it looks
like a nice fix to me :)

thanks,

greg k-h