Re: [PATCHv2] usb: typec: tps6598x: handle block writes separately with plain-I2C adapters

[Nikolaus Voss]

Hi Greg,

On Wed, 20 Feb 2019, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 04:22:00PM +0100, Nikolaus Voss wrote:
> > > > v2: fix tps6598x_exec_cmd also
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
> > > >  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c
> > > > index c84c8c189e90..c54b73fb2a2f 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c
> > > > @@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ tps6598x_block_read(struct tps6598x *tps, u8 reg, void *val, size_t len)
> > > >  	return 0;
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > +static int tps6598x_block_write(struct tps6598x *tps, u8 reg,
> > > > +				void *val, size_t len)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	u8 data[len + 1];
> > >
> > > I thought the build system now warned when you did this :(
> >
> > I must admit I'm developing on 4.19 stable series, so no warnings...
>
> Ick, no, you are 6 months behind where the rest of us are :(
>
> Always, at the very least, work off of Linus's tree.  For best results,
> work off of linux-next.

we are a medical device manufacturer and our prototypes run stable 
kernels because our main development goal is the patient therapy.

However, what I do check is that my patches apply cleanly onto Linus's 
tree and if I see any other changes of files my patch touches I rebase and 
compile.

I'll try to always do the last before I submit a patch in the future but 
testing can only be done on our prototype branch (with reasonable effort).

Nikolaus