linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] RAS/AMD/ATL: Fix unintended sign extension issue from coverity

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Message-ID: <9c8cbd29-1ce3-4716-8e13-e13b1e6cdab4@web.de>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 10:20:53 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Karan Sanghavi <karansanghvi98@...il.com>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
 Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
 Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@....com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] RAS/AMD/ATL: Fix unintended sign extension issue from
 coverity

…
> Following the code styleof the file, assigning the u16
> value to u32 variable and using it for the bit wise
> operation, thus ensuring no unintentional sign
> extension occurs.

Would you like to reconsider such a word wrapping approach
besides typo avoidance?


See also:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.12#n94

Regards,
Markus