Re: [PATCH] PCI: brcmstb: Declare a bitmap as a bitmap, not as a plain 'unsigned long'

[Florian Fainelli]

On 11/8/21 3:30 PM, Krzysztof Wilczyński wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> [...]
>>>> Jim, Florian and Lorenzo - is this something that would be OK with you,
>>>> or you would rather keep things as they were?
>>>
>>> I would be tempted to leave the code as-is, but if we do we are probably
>>> bound to seeing patches like Christophe's in the future to address the
>>
>> Even if I don't find this report in the Coverity database, it should from
>> around April 2018.
>> So, if you have not already received several patches for that, I doubt that
>> you will receive many in the future.
>>
>>
>> My own feeling is that using a long (and not a long *) as a bitmap, and
>> accessing it with &long may look spurious to a reader.
>> That said, it works.
>>
>> So, I let you decide if the patch is of any use. Should I need to tweak or
>> resend it, let me know.
> 
> I would be pro taking it, not only to addresses the Coverity complaint, but
> also to align the code with other drivers a little bit more.  Only if
> the driver maintainers have no objection, that is.

Driver consistency is a strong argument, fine with me then.
-- 
Florian