linux-kernel - [PATCH] nvmem: fix nvmem_cell_read() return type for !CONFIG

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Date:	Wed,  8 Jun 2016 09:26:46 -0700
From:	Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To:	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH] nvmem: fix nvmem_cell_read() return type for !CONFIG_NVMEM

With CONFIG_NVMEM, nvmem_cell_read() returns void *. With !CONFIG_NVMEM
it returns char *. Let's make that consistent. Also drop the
incorrect/inconsistent comment about char * above the nvmem_cell_read()
definition.

drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.c is already working around this by casting
to (u32 *).

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/nvmem/core.c           | 4 ++--
 include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 965911d9b36a..398ea7f54826 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -981,8 +981,8 @@ static int __nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
  * @cell: nvmem cell to be read.
  * @len: pointer to length of cell which will be populated on successful read.
  *
- * Return: ERR_PTR() on error or a valid pointer to a char * buffer on success.
- * The buffer should be freed by the consumer with a kfree().
+ * Return: ERR_PTR() on error or a valid pointer to a buffer on success. The
+ * buffer should be freed by the consumer with a kfree().
  */
 void *nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_cell *cell, size_t *len)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
index 9bb77d3ed6e0..c2256d746543 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static inline void nvmem_cell_put(struct nvmem_cell *cell)
 {
 }
 
-static inline char *nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_cell *cell, size_t *len)
+static inline void *nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_cell *cell, size_t *len)
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
 }
-- 
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