Re: + minmaxh-simplify-the-variants-of-clamp.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 12:10:19PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Lorenzo Stoakes
> > Sent: 29 November 2024 12:06
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 11:56:01AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: 29 November 2024 11:46
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 03:11:43AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The patch titled
> > > > >      Subject: minmax.h: simplify the variants of clamp()
> > > > > has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
> > > > >      minmaxh-simplify-the-variants-of-clamp.patch
> > > >
> > > > Hmm, this was generating kernel test bot reports, should we be taking it without
> > > > that being fixed?
> > >
> > > That is reported for W=1 builds and is correctly reporting some very
> > > badly broken code - that has always been broken.
> > >
> > > Probably also only affects allmodconfig builds because the code in
> > > question is unlikely to be included.
> >
> > Ah fair play, you are poking around in some creaky, cobweb filled bits of
> > the kernel so perhaps not a surprise...
> >
> > We should probably try and sort out the W=1 stuff though! And by 'we' I
> > mean you obviously ;)
>
> Not me, Jakob is trying to fix the magnetometer/yamaha-yas530.c driver.
> But I keep on pointing out just how broken the code was.
> So there should be a patch to it (that needs backporting) soon.

Presumably that somehow interacts with this clamp code that he's also
addressing you mean? As that's something of a specific driver (I have no
idea even what a magnetometer is...)

In general your series seems mostly to be various reasonable cleanups (at a
glance) so think we're all good to at least have this in 6.14 unstable
anyway, to be clear.

>
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