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Message-ID: <20090716101957.GA9586@ioremap.net>
Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:19:57 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] connector: make callback argument type explicit

Hi Mike.

Your patches look good, thanks a lot.
David, please apply to the appropriate tree.
Thank you.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 06:14:07PM -0400, Mike Frysinger (vapier@...too.org) wrote:
> The connector documentation states that the argument to the callback
> function is always a pointer to a struct cn_msg, but rather than encode it
> in the API itself, it uses a void pointer everywhere.  This doesn't make
> much sense to encode the pointer in documentation as it prevents proper C
> type checking from occurring and can easily allow people to use the wrong
> pointer type.  So convert the argument type to an explicit struct cn_msg
> pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/connector/cn_test.c |    4 +---
>  drivers/connector/cn_proc.c       |    3 +--
>  drivers/connector/cn_queue.c      |    7 +++++--
>  drivers/connector/connector.c     |    6 +++---
>  drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c       |    3 +--
>  drivers/video/uvesafb.c           |    3 +--
>  drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c           |    3 +--
>  include/linux/connector.h         |    6 +++---
>  8 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c b/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c
> index f688eba..50d5ce4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c
> +++ b/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c
> @@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ static char cn_test_name[] = "cn_test";
>  static struct sock *nls;
>  static struct timer_list cn_test_timer;
>  
> -void cn_test_callback(void *data)
> +void cn_test_callback(struct cn_msg *msg)
>  {
> -	struct cn_msg *msg = (struct cn_msg *)data;
> -
>  	printk("%s: %lu: idx=%x, val=%x, seq=%u, ack=%u, len=%d: %s.\n",
>  	       __func__, jiffies, msg->id.idx, msg->id.val,
>  	       msg->seq, msg->ack, msg->len, (char *)msg->data);
> diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
> index c5afc98..85e5dc0 100644
> --- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
> +++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
> @@ -202,9 +202,8 @@ static void cn_proc_ack(int err, int rcvd_seq, int rcvd_ack)
>   * cn_proc_mcast_ctl
>   * @data: message sent from userspace via the connector
>   */
> -static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(void *data)
> +static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg)
>  {
> -	struct cn_msg *msg = data;
>  	enum proc_cn_mcast_op *mc_op = NULL;
>  	int err = 0;
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_queue.c b/drivers/connector/cn_queue.c
> index c769ef2..d478aef 100644
> --- a/drivers/connector/cn_queue.c
> +++ b/drivers/connector/cn_queue.c
> @@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ void cn_queue_wrapper(struct work_struct *work)
>  	kfree(d->free);
>  }
>  
> -static struct cn_callback_entry *cn_queue_alloc_callback_entry(char *name, struct cb_id *id, void (*callback)(void *))
> +static struct cn_callback_entry *
> +cn_queue_alloc_callback_entry(char *name, struct cb_id *id,
> +			      void (*callback)(struct cn_msg *))
>  {
>  	struct cn_callback_entry *cbq;
>  
> @@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ int cn_cb_equal(struct cb_id *i1, struct cb_id *i2)
>  	return ((i1->idx == i2->idx) && (i1->val == i2->val));
>  }
>  
> -int cn_queue_add_callback(struct cn_queue_dev *dev, char *name, struct cb_id *id, void (*callback)(void *))
> +int cn_queue_add_callback(struct cn_queue_dev *dev, char *name, struct cb_id *id,
> +			  void (*callback)(struct cn_msg *))
>  {
>  	struct cn_callback_entry *cbq, *__cbq;
>  	int found = 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/connector/connector.c b/drivers/connector/connector.c
> index fd336c5..3f45669 100644
> --- a/drivers/connector/connector.c
> +++ b/drivers/connector/connector.c
> @@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ static void cn_notify(struct cb_id *id, u32 notify_event)
>   *
>   * May sleep.
>   */
> -int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *id, char *name, void (*callback)(void *))
> +int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *id, char *name,
> +		    void (*callback)(struct cn_msg *))
>  {
>  	int err;
>  	struct cn_dev *dev = &cdev;
> @@ -351,9 +352,8 @@ static int cn_ctl_msg_equals(struct cn_ctl_msg *m1, struct cn_ctl_msg *m2)
>   *
>   * Used for notification of a request's processing.
>   */
> -static void cn_callback(void *data)
> +static void cn_callback(struct cn_msg *msg)
>  {
> -	struct cn_msg *msg = data;
>  	struct cn_ctl_msg *ctl;
>  	struct cn_ctl_entry *ent;
>  	u32 size;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c b/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
> index fad25b7..8472418 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
> @@ -846,10 +846,9 @@ static dst_command_func dst_commands[] = {
>  /*
>   * Configuration parser.
>   */
> -static void cn_dst_callback(void *data)
> +static void cn_dst_callback(struct cn_msg *msg)
>  {
>  	struct dst_ctl *ctl;
> -	struct cn_msg *msg = data;
>  	int err;
>  	struct dst_ctl_ack ack;
>  	struct dst_node *n = NULL, *tmp;
> diff --git a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
> index ca5b464..e98baf6 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
> @@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(uvfb_lock);
>   * find the kernel part of the task struct, copy the registers and
>   * the buffer contents and then complete the task.
>   */
> -static void uvesafb_cn_callback(void *data)
> +static void uvesafb_cn_callback(struct cn_msg *msg)
>  {
> -	struct cn_msg *msg = data;
>  	struct uvesafb_task *utask;
>  	struct uvesafb_ktask *task;
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c b/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c
> index fdf7285..52ccb3d 100644
> --- a/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c
> +++ b/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c
> @@ -306,9 +306,8 @@ static int w1_netlink_send_error(struct cn_msg *rcmsg, struct w1_netlink_msg *rm
>  	return error;
>  }
>  
> -static void w1_cn_callback(void *data)
> +static void w1_cn_callback(struct cn_msg *msg)
>  {
> -	struct cn_msg *msg = data;
>  	struct w1_netlink_msg *m = (struct w1_netlink_msg *)(msg + 1);
>  	struct w1_netlink_cmd *cmd;
>  	struct w1_slave *sl;
> diff --git a/include/linux/connector.h b/include/linux/connector.h
> index b68d278..47ebf41 100644
> --- a/include/linux/connector.h
> +++ b/include/linux/connector.h
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ struct cn_callback_data {
>  	void *ddata;
>  	
>  	void *callback_priv;
> -	void (*callback) (void *);
> +	void (*callback) (struct cn_msg *);
>  
>  	void *free;
>  };
> @@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ struct cn_dev {
>  	struct cn_queue_dev *cbdev;
>  };
>  
> -int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *, char *, void (*callback) (void *));
> +int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *, char *, void (*callback) (struct cn_msg *));
>  void cn_del_callback(struct cb_id *);
>  int cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *, u32, gfp_t);
>  
> -int cn_queue_add_callback(struct cn_queue_dev *dev, char *name, struct cb_id *id, void (*callback)(void *));
> +int cn_queue_add_callback(struct cn_queue_dev *dev, char *name, struct cb_id *id, void (*callback)(struct cn_msg *));
>  void cn_queue_del_callback(struct cn_queue_dev *dev, struct cb_id *id);
>  
>  int queue_cn_work(struct cn_callback_entry *cbq, struct work_struct *work);
> -- 
> 1.6.3.3

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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