linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] iio: adc: ina2xx: Remove bogus cast for data argument

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Message-ID: <20171229174602.26e7d62d@archlinux>
Date:   Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:46:02 +0000
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de>
Cc:     <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        Maciej Purski <m.purski@...sung.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Andrew F . Davis" <afd@...com>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] iio: adc: ina2xx: Remove bogus cast for data
 argument

On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:31:32 +0100
Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de> wrote:

> iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp expects a void pointer, so the cast
> is both unnecessary and misleading.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de>
Hi Stefan,

I applied the first few patches the first time around.
Please drop them from new versions - if nothing else 
if confuses me ;)

> ---
> 
> Changes in v2: None
> 
>  drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c
> index ddf878163bf9..3195f8754c3b 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ina2xx-adc.c
> @@ -767,8 +767,7 @@ static int ina2xx_work_buffer(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
>  
>  	time_b = iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev);
>  
> -	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev,
> -					   (unsigned int *)data, time_a);
> +	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, data, time_a);
>  
>  	return (unsigned long)(time_b - time_a) / 1000;
>  };