linux-kernel - [net-next PATCH v7 1/4] net: phy: make addr type u8 in phy_package

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Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:10:23 +0100
From:   Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
        Broadcom internal kernel review list 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        David Epping <david.epping@...singlinkelectronics.com>,
        "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
        Harini Katakam <harini.katakam@....com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [net-next PATCH v7 1/4] net: phy: make addr type u8 in phy_package_shared struct

Switch addr type in phy_package_shared struct to u8.

The value is already checked to be non negative and to be less than
PHY_MAX_ADDR, hence u8 is better suited than using int.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
---
Changes v7:
- Add this patch

 include/linux/phy.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index e5f1f41e399c..e5e29fca4d17 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ struct mdio_bus_stats {
  * phy_package_leave().
  */
 struct phy_package_shared {
-	int addr;
+	u8 addr;
 	refcount_t refcnt;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	size_t priv_size;
-- 
2.40.1