linux-kernel - Re: PATCH] use void __iomem * pointers for ioread32()/iowrite32()

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:18:15 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	N?meth M?rton <nm127@...email.hu>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH] use void __iomem * pointers for ioread32()/iowrite32()

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 07:05:18AM +0100, N?meth M?rton wrote:
> From: M?rton N?meth <nm127@...email.hu>
> 
> The address pointer of ioread32()/iowrite32() functions are
> of type "void __iomem *". Use matching variable type.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pch.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pch.c
> index 68fa55e..84b7f28 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pch.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pch.c
> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void pch_gpio_setup(struct pch_gpio *chip)
>  static int pch_irq_type(struct irq_data *d, unsigned int type)
>  {
>  	u32 im;
> -	u32 __iomem *im_reg;
> +	void __iomem *im_reg;

NAK.  Please, learn what "function with pointer to (possibly qualified) void"
means.  It's fairly basic C, so any (post-K&R) textbook would do.
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