linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] iio: imu: inv_icm42600: Convert to uXX and sXX integer types

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Message-ID: <CAHp75Ve0aQLaRS1-J5WoCxUAfX+Y=s2oj4ZkVvUG1XysXopZxw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:33:46 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol <Jean-Baptiste.Maneyrol@....com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>, 
	"linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, 
	David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>, Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@...log.com>, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] iio: imu: inv_icm42600: Convert to uXX and sXX
 integer types

On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol
<Jean-Baptiste.Maneyrol@....com> wrote:
> >From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
> >Sent: Monday, June 16, 2025 16:33
> >On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol
> ><Jean-Baptiste.Maneyrol@....com> wrote:
> >
> >> thanks a lot for having done all the work.
> >
> >Please, avoid top-posting!
> >
> >> Do you think it is possible to add a fixes tag so it can be backported to ease automatic backport of further patches?
> >> Otherwise for sure all further fixes will have to be backported manually.
> >
> >The idea behind the series that it may depend on some kind of
> >cleanups. In such a case (according to Greg KH) no need to have Fixes
> >tag on a cleanup, because it's confusing. On the contrary the
> >infrastructure for stable kernels will catch this up. You need to
> >follow the Documentation on how to submit for stable (basically the
> >main hint is to use stable@ in the Cc line _inside_ the commit
> >message, as a tag).
> >
> >> The driver code is full of intXX_t and uintXX_t types which is
> >> not the pattern we use in the IIO subsystem. Switch the driver
> >> to use kernel internal types for that. No functional changes.

> >> As noted before the pattern is used in less than 10% files in IIO,
> >> So it's safe to assume that IIO prefers uXX/sXX types over C99 ones.
> >
>
> it is good for me if we can add Cc to stable.
> I don't know if I need to add the Cc tag here or when a fixed patch will
> require the rework. In doubt, here it is.
>
> Acked-by: Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol <jean-baptiste.maneyrol@....com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

It makes no sense here. This is a standalone change. It's not part of
any "fixes" series. You need to attach this patch to your series as
patch 1 and mark Cc stable all of the patches.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko