Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: max77620: Use define directive for max77620_pinconf_param values

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Fri Nov 09 2018 - 04:02:08 EST


On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 1:51 AM Nathan Chancellor
<natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Clang warns when one enumerated type is implicitly converted to another:
>
> drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-max77620.c:56:12: warning: implicit conversion
> from enumeration type 'enum max77620_pinconf_param' to different
> enumeration type 'enum pin_config_param' [-Wenum-conversion]
> .param = MAX77620_ACTIVE_FPS_SOURCE,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> It is expected that pinctrl drivers can extend pin_config_param because
> of the gap between PIN_CONFIG_END and PIN_CONFIG_MAX so this conversion
> isn't an issue. Most drivers that take advantage of this define the
> PIN_CONFIG variables as constants, rather than enumerated values. Do the
> same thing here so that Clang no longer warns.
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/139
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>

Patch tentatively applied.

This seems to be the direction we need to be going with a lot
of CLANG business.

Laxman: you weren't CCed, so tell us if you dislike it for some
reason.

Yours,
Linus Walleij