linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/33] serial: 8250: sanitize uart_port::serial

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Message-ID: <b9a128a9-5135-4288-ba95-de0925c2b580@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:55:03 +0200
From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>,
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 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
 Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
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 Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@...ionext.com>,
 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
 linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/33] serial: 8250: sanitize uart_port::serial_{in,out}()
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On 11. 06. 25, 17:12, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 12:02:54PM +0200, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) wrote:
>> uart_port::{serial_in,serial_out} (and plat_serial8250_port::* likewise)
>> historically use:
>> * 'unsigned int' for 32-bit register values in reads and writes, and
>> * 'int' for offsets.
>>
>> Make them sane such that:
>> * 'u32' is used for register values, and
>> * 'unsigned int' is used for offsets.
>>
>> While at it, name hooks' parameters, so it is clear what is what.
> 
> At a glance this looks just mechanical change. Have you used coccinelle for
> that?

No, I haven't managed to learn that :P. But I used 
https://github.com/jirislaby/clang-struct.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs