Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (nct6775) Use int type to store negative error codes

[Guenter Roeck]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 05:51:05PM +0800, Qianfeng Rong wrote:
> Change the 'ret' variable from u32 to int in nct6775_asuswmi_read() to
> store negative error codes or zero;
> 
> Storing the negative error codes in unsigned type, doesn't cause an issue
> at runtime but can be confusing. Additionally, assigning negative error
> codes to unsigned type may trigger a GCC warning when the -Wsign-conversion
> flag is enabled.
> 
> No effect on runtime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@xxxxxxxx>

Applied.

Guenter