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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:16:38 +0200
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
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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