[PATCH v1 02/14] serial: core: Add UPIO_UNSET constant for unset port type

Jiri Slaby jirislaby at kernel.org
Fri Feb 23 16:42:15 AEDT 2024


On 22. 02. 24, 14:21, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 07:58:32AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> On 21. 02. 24, 19:31, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>    	unsigned char		iotype;			/* io access style */
>>> +#define UPIO_UNSET		((unsigned char)~0U)	/* UCHAR_MAX */
>>
>> Perhaps making the var u8 and this U8_MAX then? It would make more sense to
>> me.
> 
> WFM, should it be a separate change?

Likely.

> Btw, how can I justify it?

Hmm, thinking about it, why is it not an enum?

But it could be also an u8 because you want it be exactly 8 bits as you 
want to be sure values up to 255 fit.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs



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