linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] staging: octeon: Remove port status typedefs

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Message-ID: <2026011550-grope-deeply-f17d@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:49:12 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Karthikey Kadati <karthikey3608@...il.com>
Cc: linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] staging: octeon: Remove port status typedefs

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 06:09:42PM +0530, Karthikey Kadati wrote:
> Remove cvmx_pip_port_status_t and cvmx_pko_port_status_t typedefs and
> replace them with struct cvmx_pip_port_status and struct
> cvmx_pko_port_status to match Linux kernel coding style.
> 
> This also updates the MIPS architecture headers to name the structs so
> they can be referenced by the staging driver, resolving the build failure
> found in v2.
> 
> In v2, the anonymous struct definition in the header caused a compilation
> error when referenced in the driver. This patch names the structs in the
> headers and updates all usages to use the struct type directly, removing
> the typedefs as per coding style requirements.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>

Did the kernel test robot report that the typedefs need to be removed
from this driver?

confused,

greg k-h