Re: [PATCH 1/7 5.10.y] tracing: Define the is_signed_type() macro once

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 09:22:53PM +0000, Eliav Farber wrote:
> From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
> 
> commit 92d23c6e94157739b997cacce151586a0d07bb8a upstream.

This is only in 6.1, and not other trees, why is it needed here?

> 
> There are two definitions of the is_signed_type() macro: one in
> <linux/overflow.h> and a second definition in <linux/trace_events.h>.
> 
> As suggested by Linus, move the definition of the is_signed_type() macro
> into the <linux/compiler.h> header file.  Change the definition of the
> is_signed_type() macro to make sure that it does not trigger any sparse
> warnings with future versions of sparse for bitwise types.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whjH6p+qzwUdx5SOVVHjS3WvzJQr6mDUwhEyTf6pJWzaQ@mail.gmail.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wjQGnVfb4jehFR0XyZikdQvCZouE96xR_nnf5kqaM5qqQ@mail.gmail.com/
> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> (cherry picked from commit a49a64b5bf195381c09202c524f0f84b5f3e816f)

This is not a valid git id in the tree at all.

greg k-h