linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: it's OK to pass pointer to volatile as iounmap() argument...

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Date:	Mon, 9 Oct 2006 19:35:35 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, rmk@....linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: it's OK to pass pointer to volatile as iounmap() argument...

Hi!

> --- a/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c
> @@ -361,14 +361,14 @@ __ioremap(unsigned long phys_addr, size_
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ioremap);
>  
> -void __iounmap(void __iomem *addr)
> +void __iounmap(volatile void __iomem *addr)

Who is crazy enough to pass volatile pointers here? I guess they should be
fixed, instead.

							Pavel
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