linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: sis: use explicitly signed char

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Message-ID: <d8ece597-33a1-fa9e-919c-e366baf429a8@gmx.de>
Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:00:10 +0200
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@...ischhofer.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: sis: use explicitly signed char

On 10/25/22 14:55, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 8:29 PM Helge Deller <deller@....de> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/24/22 18:29, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>>> With char becoming unsigned by default, and with `char` alone being
>>> ambiguous and based on architecture, signed chars need to be marked
>>> explicitly as such. This fixes warnings like:
>>>
>>> drivers/video/fbdev/sis/init301.c:3549 SiS_GetCRT2Data301() warn: 'SiS_Pr->SiS_EModeIDTable[ModeIdIndex]->ROMMODEIDX661' is unsigned
>>>
>>> Cc: Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@...ischhofer.net>
>>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>>> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
>>> Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
>>> Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
>>> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
>>> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
>>
>> Applied to linux-fbdev git tree.
>
> For 6.1 as a fix, right? Since this is already broken on, e.g., ARM.

Yes.

Helge