linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] ALSA: line6: Improve line6_read/write

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Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:58:06 -0600
From:	Chris Rorvick <chris@...vick.com>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] ALSA: line6: Improve line6_read/write_data() interfaces

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:33 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
> At Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:03:12 -0600,
> Chris Rorvick wrote:
>>
>> Use explicit types to reflect the range of valid values.
>
> Well, this isn't necessarily to be changed at these places.  If we
> want to be safer, there should be proper range checks instead.
> Also, readers may wonder when they see the different types between
> read and write without explanations.

Thanks, I'll send a v2 shortly.
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