Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] iio: imu: inv_icm42600: Convert to uXX and sXX integer types

[Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol]

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>From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, June 16, 2025 16:33
>To: Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol <Jean-Baptiste.Maneyrol@xxxxxxx>
>Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>; David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>; Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol
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>> thanks a lot for having done all the work.
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>Please, avoid top-posting!
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>> Do you think it is possible to add a fixes tag so it can be backported to ease automatic backport of further patches?
>> Otherwise for sure all further fixes will have to be backported manually.
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>The idea behind the series that it may depend on some kind of
>cleanups. In such a case (according to Greg KH) no need to have Fixes
>tag on a cleanup, because it's confusing. On the contrary the
>infrastructure for stable kernels will catch this up. You need to
>follow the Documentation on how to submit for stable (basically the
>main hint is to use stable@ in the Cc line _inside_ the commit
>message, as a tag).
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>> The driver code is full of intXX_t and uintXX_t types which is
>> not the pattern we use in the IIO subsystem. Switch the driver
>> to use kernel internal types for that. No functional changes.
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>> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> As noted before the pattern is used in less than 10% files in IIO,
>> So it's safe to assume that IIO prefers uXX/sXX types over C99 ones.
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>With Best Regards,
>Andy Shevchenko
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Hello Andy,

it is good for me if we can add Cc to stable.
I don't know if I need to add the Cc tag here or when a fixed patch will
require the rework. In doubt, here it is.

Acked-by: Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol <jean-baptiste.maneyrol@xxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks,
JB