linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] pinctrl: use more common syntax for compound literals

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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:02:01 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
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	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] pinctrl: use more common syntax for compound literals

Hi Bartosz,

On Thu, 25 Sept 2025 at 09:52, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Sept 2025 at 12:02, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> > > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
> > >
> > > The (typeof(foo)) construct is unusual in the kernel, use a more typical
> > > syntax by explicitly spelling out the type.
> >
> > Thanks for your patch, which is now commit da3a88e9656c17a3 ("pinctrl:
> > use more common syntax for compound literals") in pinctrl/for-next
> >
> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250909-gpio-mmio-gpio-conv-part4-v1-13-9f723dc3524a@linaro.org/

This is the origin link to the patch (by you) that started the discussion.

> >
> > Looks like you (slightly) missed your target. The correct link is:
> >
> >     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/aMAP9hAWars0T83r@smile.fi.intel.com

This is the link to the comment (by Andy) that questioned the construct.

> >
> > > Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
>
> This is a link to the discussion with Andy as per Linus Torvalds'
> recent request to use the Link: tag to point to actually useful
> information rather than just the patch's origin. Linus Walleij doesn't
> use b4 so the origin link you'd normally expect to be added
> automatically is not there at all. That's probably what caused the
> confusion.

I know ;-)

Given the "Suggested-by: Andy", shouldn't the link point to the email
with the actual suggestion?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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