linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] drm/edid: Make edid

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:16:36 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Cc:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] drm/edid: Make edid_load() return a void *

Always use "void *" for arbitrary memory buffers, as this allows to drop
casts in assignments.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
index 9be3467..d1daf34 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static u8 generic_edid[GENERIC_EDIDS][128] = {
 	},
 };
 
-static u8 *edid_load(struct drm_connector *connector, char *name,
+static void *edid_load(struct drm_connector *connector, char *name,
 			const char *connector_name)
 {
 	const struct firmware *fw;
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ int drm_load_edid_firmware(struct drm_connector *connector)
 	if (*last == '\n')
 		*last = '\0';
 
-	edid = (struct edid *) edid_load(connector, edidname, connector_name);
+	edid = edid_load(connector, edidname, connector_name);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(edid))
 		return 0;
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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