linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] hwmon: scmi: update hwmon internal scale data type

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Date:   Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:35:12 +0000
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        lukasz.luba@....com, Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com,
        egranata@...gle.com, jbhayana@...gle.com,
        peter.hilber@...nsynergy.com, mikhail.golubev@...nsynergy.com,
        Igor.Skalkin@...nsynergy.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] hwmon: scmi: update hwmon internal scale data type

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 12:22:49PM +0000, Cristian Marussi wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 11:40:29AM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 04:29:02PM +0000, Cristian Marussi wrote:
> > > Use an int to calculate scale values inside scmi_hwmon_scale() to match
> > > the updated scale data type in struct scmi_sensor_info.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/hwmon/scmi-hwmon.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/scmi-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/scmi-hwmon.c
> > > index 09ce30cba54b..17d064e58938 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/hwmon/scmi-hwmon.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/scmi-hwmon.c
> > > @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static inline u64 __pow10(u8 x)
> > >  
> > >  static int scmi_hwmon_scale(const struct scmi_sensor_info *sensor, u64 *value)
> > >  {
> > > -	s8 scale = sensor->scale;
> > > +	int scale = sensor->scale;
> > 
> > Can this go independent of the series ? You haven't cc-ed the hwmon maintainer
> > and the list. We need their ack if we have to take it as part of the series.
> > 
> Sure, I did not know in fact what's better to in this case (maybe
> bouncing/fwd the single patch ? CC the whole series ? ).
> I'll split and send to the maintainer

I see this can be independent of the series. I can provide my review/ack
tag once the maintainer is in cc. No point giving that here 😄 

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep