Re: [PATCH next 11/14] bit: Strengthen compile-time tests in GENMASK() and BIT()

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 09:32:39AM +0100, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> On 23/01/2026 at 09:24, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 08:20:27AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 10:11:19AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

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> >>>> Al Viro's fork just adds 8 commit on top of the upstream sparse repo.
> >>>> Wouldn't it be possible to just merge those?
> >>>
> >>> Ideally yes, but you also should kick the distro's asses to update it, and
> >>> the sparse should bump its version...
> >>>
> >>>> That would be much less confusing.
> >>>
> >>> Seems Al become a sparse maintainer de facto :-)
> >>
> >> Huh?  What happened to Chris?
> 
> After the project hiatus, I can imagine that there is some confusion :)
> 
> But Chris is back in his role of maintainer since September 2025. See:
> 
>   - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sparse/CACePvbXDO1ZybDu3RaFhED9D-9gC6LTMpWrxoh5xD+ZO5SLdzA@mail.gmail.com/
>   - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git/commit/?id=67f0a03cee4637e495151c48a02be642a158cbbb
> 
> > I don't know, but upstream sparse haven't applied any solution for
> > MODULE*("FOO") stuff, nor reaction on my ping in that discussion
> > (I did it like week or so ago).

My ping: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aV9vo7_turBr84bs@black.igk.intel.com/
But now I realised that there was another version of the series, and Chris
seems active there.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CACePvbU5Pqo=bw_j8arOq16o1JBOSwPtuMZBVozy4FV7YsSLGw@mail.gmail.com/

> I am out of context here, but were the correct people CCed?

I dunno.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko