linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib/string_helpers: Introduce strsplit

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Message-ID: <Ys2EFtNVL8ZALQ5Q@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:24:22 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@...el.com>
Cc:     Péter Ujfalusi 
        <peter.ujfalusi@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
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        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
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        Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com>,
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        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib/string_helpers: Introduce strsplit_u32()

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 03:51:04PM +0200, Cezary Rojewski wrote:
> On 2022-07-09 10:42 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> I still believe that casting blindly is not the way to go. I did explicitly
> ask about int vs u32, not int vs unsigned int. Please note that these values
> are later passed to the IPC handlers, and this changes the context a bit. If
> hw expects u32, then u32 it shall be.

What you can do is probably utilize _Generic() which will reduce the code base
and allow to use the same template for different types.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko