netdev - Re: [PATCH] amd-xgbe: Use int type to store negative error codes

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Message-Id: 
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:10:10 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@...o.com>
Cc: Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] amd-xgbe: Use int type to store negative error codes

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:21:59 +0800 you wrote:
> Use int instead of unsigned int for the 'ret' variable to store return
> values from functions that either return zero on success or negative error
> codes on failure.  Storing negative error codes in an unsigned int causes
> no runtime issues, but it's ugly as pants,  Change 'ret' from unsigned int
> to int type - this change has no runtime impact.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@...o.com>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - amd-xgbe: Use int type to store negative error codes
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a6bac1822931

You are awesome, thank you!
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