On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 06:01:46PM +0100, Francesco Dolcini wrote: > From: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > receive_buf() is called from ttyport_receive_buf() that expects values > ">= 0" from serdev_controller_receive_buf(), change its return type from > ssize_t to size_t. > > Suggested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/087be419-ec6b-47ad-851a-5e1e3ea5cfcc@xxxxxxxxxx/ > Signed-off-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > hello, > patch is based on current linux next. > > It has an obvious problem, it touches files from multiple subsystem in a single > patch that is complicated to review and eventually merge, just splitting this > would however not work, it will break bisectability and the build. > > I am looking for advise on the best way to move forward. > > I see the following options: > - keep it as it is > - break it down with a patch with each subsystem, and squash before applying > from a single (tty?) subsystem > - go for a multi stage approach, defining a new callback, move to it and in > the end remove the original one, likewise it was done for i2c lately whoops. I just noticed Greg applied commit 475fc6e2de6f ("tty: serdev: convert to u8 and size_t") that touch the exact same files without much of an issue. Probably the "keep it as it is" is just the way to go. > > --- > drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/gnss/core.c | 6 +++--- > drivers/gnss/serial.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/gnss/sirf.c | 6 +++--- > drivers/greybus/gb-beagleplay.c | 6 +++--- > drivers/iio/chemical/pms7003.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/iio/chemical/scd30_serial.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/iio/chemical/sps30_serial.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/iio/imu/bno055/bno055_ser_core.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/mfd/rave-sp.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_uart.c | 2 +- > drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/nfc/s3fwrn5/uart.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_uart.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/core.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c | 10 ++++------ > include/linux/gnss.h | 4 ++-- > include/linux/serdev.h | 8 ++++---- > sound/drivers/serial-generic.c | 4 ++-- > 21 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
