linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] termbits: Convert octal defines to hex

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Date:   Thu, 5 May 2022 12:46:25 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] termbits: Convert octal defines to hex

On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:56 AM Ilpo Järvinen
<ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 May 2022, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 10:33 AM Ilpo Järvinen
> > <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 9:20 AM Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > After applying the patch locally, I still see a bunch of whitespace
> > > > differences in the
> > > > changed lines if I run
> > > >
> > > > vimdiff arch/*/include/uapi/asm/termbits.h include/uapi/asm-generic/termbits.h
> > > >
> > > > I think this mostly because you left the sparc version alone (it already
> > > > uses hex constants), but it may be nice to edit this a little more to
> > > > make the actual differences stick out more.
> > >
> > > I took a look on further harmonizing, however, it turned out to be not
> > > that simple. This is basically the pipeline I use to further cleanup the
> > > differences and remove comments if you want to play yourself, just remove
> > > stages from the tail to get the intermediate datas (gawk is required for
> > > --non-decimal-data):
> >
> > I've played around with it some more to adjust the number of leading
> > zeroes and the type of whitespace. This is what I ended up with on top
> > of your patch: https://pastebin.com/raw/pkDPaKN1
> >
> > Feel free to fold it into yours.
>
> Ok thanks. With that it seems to go a bit beyond octal to hex conversion
> so I'll make a series out of it. The series will also introduce
> include/uapi/asm-generic/termbits-common.h for the most obvious
> intersection.

Ok, sounds good. Here's a retroactive

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

for my changes so you can put them into a separate patch. I assume
you will change it some more in the process, so maybe retain
your ownership and just mark the bits a 'Co-developed-by: Arnd...'.

        Arnd