From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Eliav Farber <farbere@amazon.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, David.Laight@aculab.com,
arnd@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7 6.12.y] Backport minmax.h updates from v6.17-rc7
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:16:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025092229-tribune-opponent-1a56@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250922103123.14538-1-farbere@amazon.com>
On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 10:31:16AM +0000, Eliav Farber wrote:
> This series backports 7 patches to update minmax.h in the 6.12.y branch,
> aligning it with v6.17-rc7.
>
> The ultimate goal is to synchronize all longterm branches so that they
> include the full set of minmax.h changes.
>
> The key motivation is to bring in commit d03eba99f5bf ("minmax: allow
> min()/max()/clamp() if the arguments have the same signedness"), which
> is missing in older kernels.
>
> In mainline, this change enables min()/max()/clamp() to accept mixed
> argument types, provided both have the same signedness. Without it,
> backported patches that use these forms may trigger compiler warnings,
> which escalate to build failures when -Werror is enabled.
All now queued up, thanks!
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-22 12:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-22 10:31 [PATCH 0/7 6.12.y] Backport minmax.h updates from v6.17-rc7 Eliav Farber
2025-09-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 1/7 6.12.y] minmax.h: add whitespace around operators and after commas Eliav Farber
2025-09-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 2/7 6.12.y] minmax.h: update some comments Eliav Farber
2025-09-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 3/7 6.12.y] minmax.h: reduce the #define expansion of min(), max() and clamp() Eliav Farber
2025-09-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 4/7 6.12.y] minmax.h: use BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG() for the lo < hi test in clamp() Eliav Farber
2025-09-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 5/7 6.12.y] minmax.h: move all the clamp() definitions after the min/max() ones Eliav Farber
2025-09-22 12:14 ` Greg KH
2025-09-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 6/7 6.12.y] minmax.h: simplify the variants of clamp() Eliav Farber
2025-09-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 7/7 6.12.y] minmax.h: remove some #defines that are only expanded once Eliav Farber
2025-09-22 12:16 ` Greg KH [this message]
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