From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E3BF22759C; Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:46:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.17 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769158007; cv=none; b=apoclVip7dUav7jDgq/tTdDBWuq8Jw+WrzpYWJaqCOrc6EL15Q98aaK8dgXzn777sr2fwxEQ4sdC64KJ1i1BJwb+WlPFYcllAeb5C/c/N+uKevDuXHe4DhxiI9rhv/5J3mSkOYE1HAkyLpW01P5HiagG9N9+0kk+MaqBScilzD8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769158007; c=relaxed/simple; bh=yxLPZsI3BlaCXSYy3VRdvRI8ej/dhsqIiU79HyiDkSY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=ZHdrxDmiAiblKDjg8O3YgoEQP2ms7eaRfbdkcuIKX77+y5EsHfMGU8QcZobamSgTW/aTGD9hYAHw5O3d1vN8t/NItOOLEgrvEAgKXU7P2E0PJwkbtU88KLkz+kWgDUCqRY18XcvJeOgjZbIG5X06pbX+ESvy0lrdy4IXVdCRNUA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=FafuA+8K; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.17 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="FafuA+8K" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1769158005; x=1800694005; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=yxLPZsI3BlaCXSYy3VRdvRI8ej/dhsqIiU79HyiDkSY=; b=FafuA+8KDRE+3wBDCjgD+llxnqdnFhQOv5qQKue6kJYv0AUIhMhfY1py eMj97Rddt4oinZ22RkapQ9DySqimmHNTd4Nj6oEzzwIXKDye40wOgBOA5 37r5ONq5w1hy0d+6NhV10nTgkHxoVPl/Utcb5XfwU6mYyQ4NzdJLKwcfr raMSBYoaFabzAKfF5wzjbNrLOOKiRrM106uMzviRCpH5tMpJlTfLnR7h5 5hub2BqzLU3KbVFV91Kk3sJrECAV6Rq3keYx4JurLiZ9N5SeOX/ns2Lxw AHKzU2iz3CLkaQmcbL00mRectRP5OeW89U6hJiJkabfxoHc5kzAh59cUk A==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: yqH57tYOQSy3+SbIJBLgLA== X-CSE-MsgGUID: tT5uHhPVRayYkaNvhVCthw== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11679"; a="70310696" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,248,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="70310696" Received: from orviesa002.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.142]) by fmvoesa111.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 23 Jan 2026 00:46:45 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: I0uBEMeHRLq8+KZyIRqqfA== X-CSE-MsgGUID: fUlz+CFyRPexsZDcn7SC4Q== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,248,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="237621745" Received: from rvuia-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.245.244.112]) by orviesa002-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 23 Jan 2026 00:46:40 -0800 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:46:37 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: Vincent Mailhol Cc: Al Viro , Chris Li , Philip Li , David Laight , kernel test robot , Nathan Chancellor , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Thomas Gleixner , Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , Mathieu Desnoyers , Arnd Bergmann , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Yury Norov , Jani Nikula , Kees Cook , Andrew Morton , oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev, Linux Memory Management List Subject: Re: [PATCH next 11/14] bit: Strengthen compile-time tests in GENMASK() and BIT() Message-ID: References: <20260121145731.3623-12-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> <202601221237.soiAkwkN-lkp@intel.com> <20260122103337.26473d1c@pumpkin> <20260123082027.GJ3183987@ZenIV> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - c/o Alberga Business Park, 6 krs, Bertel Jungin Aukio 5, 02600 Espoo On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 09:32:39AM +0100, Vincent Mailhol wrote: > On 23/01/2026 at 09:24, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 08:20:27AM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 10:11:19AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: ... > >>>> Al Viro's fork just adds 8 commit on top of the upstream sparse repo. > >>>> Wouldn't it be possible to just merge those? > >>> > >>> Ideally yes, but you also should kick the distro's asses to update it, and > >>> the sparse should bump its version... > >>> > >>>> That would be much less confusing. > >>> > >>> Seems Al become a sparse maintainer de facto :-) > >> > >> Huh? What happened to Chris? > > After the project hiatus, I can imagine that there is some confusion :) > > But Chris is back in his role of maintainer since September 2025. See: > > - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sparse/CACePvbXDO1ZybDu3RaFhED9D-9gC6LTMpWrxoh5xD+ZO5SLdzA@mail.gmail.com/ > - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git/commit/?id=67f0a03cee4637e495151c48a02be642a158cbbb > > > I don't know, but upstream sparse haven't applied any solution for > > MODULE*("FOO") stuff, nor reaction on my ping in that discussion > > (I did it like week or so ago). My ping: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aV9vo7_turBr84bs@black.igk.intel.com/ But now I realised that there was another version of the series, and Chris seems active there. https://lore.kernel.org/all/CACePvbU5Pqo=bw_j8arOq16o1JBOSwPtuMZBVozy4FV7YsSLGw@mail.gmail.com/ > I am out of context here, but were the correct people CCed? I dunno. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko