[PATCH next V2] PCI: brmstb: Fix type mismatch for num_inbound_wins in brcm_pcie_get_inbound_wins

Krzysztof Wilczyński kw at linux.com
Sat Sep 7 09:56:11 PDT 2024


Hello,

> > Change num_inbound_wins from u8 to int to correctly handle
> > potential negative error codes returned by brcm_pcie_get_inbound_wins().
> > The u8 type was inappropriate for capturing the function's return value,
> > which can include error codes.
> 
> I squashed with the current code on the controller/brcmstb branch, see:
> 
>   - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pci/pci.git/commit/?h=controller/brcmstb&id=ae6476c6de187bea90c729e3e0188143300fa671
> 
> And credited you via the Co-developed-by tag such that you get credit for
> fixing this issue.  Thank you, by the way.
> 
> There is no Fixes: tag as this code is not yet merged into the mainline.

For the record, I would prefer if we went with Florian's first
recommendation per the following message:

  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/159c5fcf-709d-42ba-8d45-a70b109fe261@broadcom.com

To clearly separate errors returned from the value being updated.

Albeit, this is fine too, especially as Jim expressed no opinion either
way regarding his preference.

	Krzysztof



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