This is another part (say part II.) of the previous type unification across the tty layer[1]. This time, in tty_buffer. Apart from type changes, this series contains a larger set of refactoring of the code. Namely, unification of byte stuffing into the tty buffers into a single function. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230810091510.13006-1-jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx/ Jiri Slaby (SUSE) (10): tty: tty_buffer: switch data type to u8 tty: tty_buffer: use struct_size() in tty_buffer_alloc() tty: tty_buffer: unify tty_insert_flip_string_{fixed_flag,flags}() tty: tty_buffer: warn if losing flags in __tty_insert_flip_string_flags() tty: tty_buffer: switch insert functions to size_t tty: tty_buffer: let tty_prepare_flip_string() return size_t tty: tty_buffer: use __tty_insert_flip_string_flags() in tty_insert_flip_char() tty: tty_buffer: better types in __tty_buffer_request_room() tty: tty_buffer: initialize variables in initializers already tty: tty_buffer: invert conditions in __tty_buffer_request_room() Documentation/driver-api/tty/tty_buffer.rst | 7 +- drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c | 169 ++++++-------------- include/linux/tty_buffer.h | 4 +- include/linux/tty_flip.h | 64 ++++++-- 4 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-) -- 2.41.0