linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] of/fdt: Some bug fixes and cleanups

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Message-ID: <159fe4c7-4d51-48ff-82a1-88ff196dcc0c@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:02:37 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Yuntao Wang <yuntao.wang@...ux.dev>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] of/fdt: Some bug fixes and cleanups

On 15/11/2025 15:07, Yuntao Wang wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:04:30 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 11:50:57PM +0800, Yuntao Wang wrote:
>>> This patch series fixes several bugs related to dt_root_addr_cells and
>>> dt_root_size_cells, and performs some cleanup.
>>>
>>> Changelog:
>>>
>>> v1: Consolidate duplicate code into helper functions
>>
>> Your patchset has multiple checkpatch warnings and errors. In multiple
>> patches.
>>
>> Please run scripts/checkpatch.pl on the patches and fix reported
>> warnings. After that, run also 'scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict' on the
>> patches and (probably) fix more warnings. Some warnings can be ignored,
>> especially from --strict run, but the code here looks like it needs a
>> fix. Feel free to get in touch if the warning is not clear.
>>
>> Please run standard kernel tools for static analysis, like coccinelle,
>> smatch and sparse, and fix reported warnings. Also please check for
>> warnings when building with W=1 for gcc and clang. Most of these
>> commands (checks or W=1 build) can build specific targets, like some
>> directory, to narrow the scope to only your code. The code here looks
>> like it needs a fix. Feel free to get in touch if the warning is not
>> clear.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
> 
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> Many thanks for pointing out these issues, they have been fixed in the new patch series:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/20251115134753.179931-1-yuntao.wang@linux.dev/

Not really. I don't think you run checkpatch.

Best regards,
Krzysztof