linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/12] i2c: rk3x: account for const type of of_device

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Date:   Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:12:18 +0100
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] i2c: rk3x: account for const type of
 of_device_id.data

On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 02:28:03PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> This driver creates a number of const structures that it stores in
> the data field of an of_device_id array.
> 
> The data field of an of_device_id structure has type const void *, so
> there is no need for a const-discarding cast when putting const values
> into such a structure.
> 
> Furthermore, adding const to the declaration of the location that
> receives a const value from such a field ensures that the compiler
> will continue to check that the value is not modified.  The
> const-discarding cast on the extraction from the data field is thus
> no longer needed.
> 
> Done using Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 

Applied to for-next, thanks!


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