netdev - Re: [PATCH] dsa: rtl8366: Pass GENMASK() signed bits

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Date:   Mon, 6 Jul 2020 01:17:41 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dsa: rtl8366: Pass GENMASK() signed bits

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 10:42 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:

> Oddly, GENMASK() requires signed bit numbers, so that it can compare
> them for < 0. If passed an unsigned type, we get warnings about the
> test never being true.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

I just resent my RTL8366RB series and I picked this patch in
front of the series so as to make sure it applies. (I also took
care to carry forward the same fix in the new code.) I hope there
are no other collisions.

Yours,
Linus Walleij