linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: Make "offset" and "unsigned int", not just "unsigned"

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Date:   Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:57:53 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc:     LinusW <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: Make "offset" and "unsigned int", not just
 "unsigned"

On Tue, 2020-04-28 at 17:50 -0700, Doug Anderson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 5:38 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2020-04-28 at 17:23 -0700, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> > > When I copied the function prototypes from the GPIO header file into
> > > my own driver, checkpatch yelled at me saying that I shouldn't use use
> > > "unsigned" but instead should say "unsigned int".  Let's make the
> > > header file use "unsigned int" so others who copy like I did won't get
> > > yelled at.
> > 
> > There are a few other unsigned declarations in the file.
> 
> There are?  I swear I looked for them before I sent my patch and I
> couldn't find them.  Then I looked again upon seeing your reply and I
> still can't find them.  My eyes are bad, though.  Maybe you can give
> me specifics?

$ git grep -P -n '\bunsigned\s+(?!int|long)' include/linux/gpio/driver.h
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:352:                                                unsigned offset);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:354:                                                unsigned offset);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:356:                                                unsigned offset);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:358:                                                unsigned offset);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:360:                                                unsigned offset, int value);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:362:                                                unsigned offset);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:367:                                                unsigned offset, int value);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:372:                                              unsigned offset,
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:375:                                                unsigned offset);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:462:                        unsigned offset);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:660:int gpiochip_generic_request(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned offset);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:661:void gpiochip_generic_free(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned offset);
include/linux/gpio/driver.h:662:int gpiochip_generic_config(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned offset,

> > Maybe do all of them (and remove the unnecessary externs)?
> 
> You mean just remove the word "extern" everywhere in this file?  Sure,
> I can if you want.

Up to the actual maintainers I suppose.
There are only a few extern function declarations.
Most do not use extern.

> > trivial reformatting of the function pointer block too
> 
> Wow, I must be totally out of it.  Maybe it's the gin and tonic I just
> had.  I don't understand this comment either.  Can you clarify?

	int				(*foo)(...,
				               ...);

might be better with fewer tabs between return type and function pointer

	int		(*foo)(..., ...);

cheers, oe