Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] serial: core: Update uart_poll_timeout() function to return unsigned long

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>]

On 25. 10. 23, 16:26, Vamshi Gajjela wrote:
> From: VAMSHI GAJJELA <vamshigajjela@google.com>
> 
> The function uart_fifo_timeout() returns an unsigned long value, which is
> the number of jiffies. Therefore, the function uart_poll_timeout() has been
> modified to use an unsigned long type for timeout values instead of an int
> and to avoid truncation.

Hi,

there is no truncation possible, right?

> The return type of the function uart_poll_timeout() has also been changed
> from int to unsigned long to be consistent with the type of timeout values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: VAMSHI GAJJELA <vamshigajjela@google.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - unsigned long instead of unsigned int
> - added () after function name in short log
> - updated description
>   include/linux/serial_core.h | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h
> index bb6f073bc159..6916a1d7e477 100644
> --- a/include/linux/serial_core.h
> +++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h
> @@ -773,9 +773,9 @@ static inline unsigned long uart_fifo_timeout(struct uart_port *port)
>   }
>   
>   /* Base timer interval for polling */
> -static inline int uart_poll_timeout(struct uart_port *port)
> +static inline unsigned long uart_poll_timeout(struct uart_port *port)
>   {
> -	int timeout = uart_fifo_timeout(port);
> +	unsigned long timeout = uart_fifo_timeout(port);
>   
>   	return timeout > 6 ? (timeout / 2 - 2) : 1;
>   }

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