linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: pl353: Use int type to store negative error codes

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Message-Id: <175673175662.52409.8678310323858548486.b4-ty@bootlin.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:02:36 +0200
From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To: Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>, 
 Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>, 
 linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@...o.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: pl353: Use int type to store negative
 error codes

On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:06:37 +0800, Qianfeng Rong wrote:
> Change the 'ret' variable from u32 to int in pl35x_nand_probe() to store
> negative error codes or zero;
> 
> Storing the negative error codes in unsigned type, doesn't cause an issue
> at runtime but can be confusing. Additionally, assigning negative error
> codes to unsigned type may trigger a GCC warning when the -Wsign-conversion
> flag is enabled.
> 
> [...]

Applied to nand/next, thanks!

[1/1] mtd: rawnand: pl353: Use int type to store negative error codes
      commit: 8a9e097def55391273d3042b32350ded1ec83e04

Patche(s) should be available on mtd/linux.git and will be
part of the next PR (provided that no robot complains by then).

Kind regards,
Miquèl