linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (pmbus/acbel-fsg032) Add firmware version debugfs attribute

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Message-ID: <45a29025-4c06-4f88-b82f-a8002c25c376@kadam.mountain>
Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2023 21:59:04 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To:     oe-kbuild@...ts.linux.dev, Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     lkp@...el.com, oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...ck-us.net,
        jdelvare@...e.com, lakshmiy@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (pmbus/acbel-fsg032) Add firmware version debugfs
 attribute

On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 09:53:16AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  22  	char out[8];
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  23  	int rc;
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  24  	int i;
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  25  
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  26  	rc = pmbus_lock_interruptible(client);
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  27  	if (rc)
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  28  		return rc;
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  29  
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  30  	rc = i2c_smbus_read_block_data(client, ACBEL_MFR_FW_REVISION, data);
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  31  	pmbus_unlock(client);
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  32  	if (rc < 0)
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  33  		return rc;
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  34  
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27  35  	for (i = 0; i < rc && i < 3; ++i)
> d2c6444389b625 Eddie James 2023-06-27 @36  		snprintf(&out[i * 2], 3, "%02X", data[i]);
> 
> If data[i] is negative this will print FFFFFFF1 etc.  (This is an x86
> config...  Did we ever merge that patch to make char signed by default?)

I meant unsigned not signed.  But actually we debated both ways...
Signed by default would annoy PowerPC devs since they try to really
lean into the fact that char is unsigned on that arch.  :P

https://lwn.net/Articles/911914/

regards,
dan carpenter