Re: [PATCH 39/44] mm: use min() instead of min_t()

[David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)]

On 11/19/25 23:41, david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> min_t(unsigned int, a, b) casts an 'unsigned long' to 'unsigned int'.
> Use min(a, b) instead as it promotes any 'unsigned int' to 'unsigned long'
> and so cannot discard significant bits.

I thought using min() was frowned upon and we were supposed to use 
min_t() instead to make it clear which type we want to use.

Do I misremember or have things changed?

Wasn't there a checkpatch warning that states exactly that?

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Cheers

David