linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: Use u8 type in i2c transfer calls

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Date:   Thu, 28 Jul 2022 22:47:44 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Jason Gerecke <killertofu@...il.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa-dev@...g-engineering.com>,
        linux-i2c <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ping Cheng <pinglinux@...il.com>,
        "Tobita, Tatsunosuke" <tatsunosuke.tobita@...om.com>,
        Jason Gerecke <jason.gerecke@...om.com>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, linux-iio <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: Use u8 type in i2c transfer calls

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 4:30 PM Jason Gerecke <killertofu@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 12:01 PM Jason Gerecke <killertofu@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 5:21 PM kernel test robot <rong.a.chen@...el.com> wrote:

> > Writing a patch to fix the new warnings generated by my I2C patch is
> > simple enough, but I'd like some help coordinating getting both
> > patches landed. Should I wait for the I2C patch to land in "for-next"
> > before sending the IIO fix, or would it be preferred to send the IIO
> > fix right now so that both patches can be reviewed simultaneously?
>
> It's been pretty quiet, so asking again for any thoughts on how to
> best address this tangle...

The rule of thumb is not to introduce an additional warning or compile error.
I haven't looked deeply into this case, but it smells to me as if you need a new
version of your initial patch that includes a fix to IIO.


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko