linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scmi: Use signed integer to report transfer status

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Date:   Fri,  3 Jul 2020 15:49:50 +0100
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     james.quinlan@...adcom.com, Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com,
        lukasz.luba@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scmi: Use signed integer to report transfer status

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 14:45:03 +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> Currently the trace event 'scmi_xfer_end' reports the status of the
> transfer using the unsigned status field read from the firmware. This
> may not be easy to interpret and also may miss to present any timeouts
> that happen in the driver.
> 
> Let us use signed integer so that error values are emitted out after
> they are mapped from firmware errors to standard linux error codes.
> While at this, let us also include any timeouts in the driver itself.


Applied to sudeep.holla/linux (for-next/scmi), thanks!

[1/1] firmware: arm_scmi: Use signed integer to report transfer status
      https://git.kernel.org/sudeep.holla/c/bad0d73b65

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Regards,
Sudeep