linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regmap : make lock/unlock functions customizable.

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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:26:09 +0900
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	ciminaghi@...dd.com
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regmap : make lock/unlock functions customizable.

On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 11:31:04PM +0200, ciminaghi@...dd.com wrote:
> From: Davide Ciminaghi <ciminaghi@...dd.com>
> 
> It is sometimes convenient for a regmap user to override the standard
> regmap lock/unlock functions with custom functions.

This looks good overall but...

> -static void regmap_lock_mutex(struct regmap *map)
> +static void regmap_lock_mutex(void *__map)
>  {
> +	struct regmap *map = (struct regmap *)__map;
>  	mutex_lock(&map->mutex);

...you should never need to cast away from or to void, if you do there's
a bug somewhere.
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