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From:   David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To:     'Coiby Xu' <coiby.xu@gmail.com>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/3] [PATCH] staging: greybus: __u8 is sufficient for
 snd_ctl_elem_type_t and snd_ctl_elem_iface_t
Thread-Topic: [PATCH 3/3] [PATCH] staging: greybus: __u8 is sufficient for
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Date:   Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:54:50 +0000
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From: Coiby Xu
> Sent: 24 September 2020 11:21
> Use __8 to replace int and remove the unnecessary __bitwise type attribute.
> 
> Found by sparse,
...
> diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
> index 535a7229e1d9..8e71a95644ab 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
> @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ struct snd_ctl_card_info {
>  	unsigned char components[128];	/* card components / fine identification, delimited with one
> space (AC97 etc..) */
>  };
> 
> -typedef int __bitwise snd_ctl_elem_type_t;
> +typedef __u8 snd_ctl_elem_type_t;
>  #define	SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_NONE	((__force snd_ctl_elem_type_t) 0) /* invalid */
>  #define	SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_BOOLEAN	((__force snd_ctl_elem_type_t) 1) /* boolean type */
>  #define	SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_INTEGER	((__force snd_ctl_elem_type_t) 2) /* integer type */

WTF is all that about anyway??
What is wrong with:
#define	SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_NONE	0u /* invalid */

	David

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