linux-kernel - [PATCH] mtd: Replace the dangerous mtd_to

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Date:	Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:09:09 +0100
From:	Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] mtd: Replace the dangerous mtd_to_flctl macro with an inline function

The original macro worked only when applied to variables named 'mtd'.
While this could have been fixed by simply renaming the macro argument,
a more type-safe replacement is preferred.

Signed-off-by: Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
---
 include/linux/mtd/sh_flctl.h |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/sh_flctl.h b/include/linux/mtd/sh_flctl.h
index ab77609..1278465 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/sh_flctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/sh_flctl.h
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@
 #define INIT_FL4ECCRESULT_VAL	0x03FF03FF
 #define LOOP_TIMEOUT_MAX	0x00010000
 
-#define mtd_to_flctl(mtd)	container_of(mtd, struct sh_flctl, mtd)
+inline struct sh_flctl *mtd_to_flctl(struct mtd_info *mtdinfo)
+{
+	return container_of(mtdinfo, struct sh_flctl, mtd);
+}
 
 struct sh_flctl {
 	struct mtd_info		mtd;
-- 
1.5.6.5

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