Re: [PATCH] irqchip/ti-sci-inta: Use ERR_CAST inlined function instead of ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(...))

From: Lokesh Vutla
Date: Wed Nov 13 2019 - 06:06:55 EST




On 11/11/19 3:45 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 2019-11-11 04:45, Lokesh Vutla wrote:
>> On 05/11/19 5:00 PM, Markus Elfring wrote:
>>> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 12:19:39 +0100
>>>
>>> A coccicheck run provided information like the following.
>>>
>>> drivers/irqchip/irq-ti-sci-inta.c:250:9-16: WARNING: ERR_CAST can be used
>>> with vint_desc.
>>>
>>> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/err_cast.cocci
>>>
>>> Thus adjust the exception handling in one if branch.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 9f1463b86c13277d0bd88d5ee359577ef40f4da7 ("irqchip/ti-sci-inta: Add
>>> support for Interrupt Aggregator driver")
>>
>> Fixes: 9f1463b86c13 ("irqchip/ti-sci-inta: Add support for Interrupt
>> Aggregator driver")
>
> I fundamentally disagree with the "Fixes:" tag. This isn't a fix,
> just a minor readability improvement. Flagging things as "Fixes:"
> ends up triggering all kind of unnecessary backports to -stable.
>
>> With this:

Fine with me. Please drop the fixes tag.

Thanks and regards.
Lokesh

>>
>> Reviewed-by: Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@xxxxxx>
>
> I'll otherwise take this patch in -next.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ M.