netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: marvell: prestera: correct return type of prestera_ldr_wait

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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:20:16 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: ALOK TIWARI <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: marvell: prestera: correct return type of
 prestera_ldr_wait_buf()

Hello:

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

On Sat,  3 Jan 2026 09:43:10 -0800 you wrote:
> prestera_ldr_wait_buf() returns the result of readl_poll_timeout(),
> which is 0 on success or -ETIMEDOUT on failure. Its current return
> type is u32.
> 
> Assigning this u32 value to an int variable works today because the
> bit pattern of (u32)-ETIMEDOUT (0xffffff92) is correctly interpreted
> as -ETIMEDOUT when stored in an int. However, keeping the function
> return type as u32 is misleading and fragile.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: marvell: prestera: correct return type of prestera_ldr_wait_buf()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/32291cb0369a

You are awesome, thank you!
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