linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fs/nls: Fix inconsistency between utf8_to_utf32() and utf32_to

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Message-Id: <176458490432.9246.16471424945005415314.b4-ty@linux.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:28:24 +0200
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: andriy.shevchenko@...el.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, 
 hansg@...nel.org, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fs/nls: Fix inconsistency between utf8_to_utf32()
 and utf32_to_utf8()

On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:15:35 +0100, Armin Wolf wrote:

> After commit 25524b619029 ("fs/nls: Fix utf16 to utf8 conversion"),
> the return values of utf8_to_utf32() and utf32_to_utf8() are
> inconsistent when encountering an error: utf8_to_utf32() returns -1,
> while utf32_to_utf8() returns errno codes. Fix this inconsistency
> by modifying utf8_to_utf32() to return errno codes as well.
> 
> 
> [...]


Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
review-ilpo-next branch. Note it will show up in the public
platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-next branch only once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

The list of commits applied:
[1/1] fs/nls: Fix inconsistency between utf8_to_utf32() and utf32_to_utf8()
      commit: c36f9d7b2869a003a2f7d6ff2c6bac9e62fd7d68

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