linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 05/16] selftests/resctrl: Use correct type for pids

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Message-ID: <d8972012-269a-47d8-a150-f97aa6312efd@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 11:17:28 -0700
From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	<linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Babu Moger
	<babu.moger@....com>, Maciej Wieczór-Retman
	<maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, "Shuah
 Khan" <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/16] selftests/resctrl: Use correct type for pids

Hi Ilpo,

On 5/31/24 6:11 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> A few functions receive PIDs through int arguments. PIDs variables
> should be of type pid_t, not int.
> 
> Convert pid arguments from int to pid_t.
> 
> Before printing PID, match the type to %d by casting to int which is
> enough for Linux (standard would allow using a longer integer type but
> generalizing for that would complicate the code unnecessarily, the
> selftest code does not need to be portable).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
> ---

Thank you.

Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

Reinette