linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] platform/x86: asus-wmi: Call led hw

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:04:49 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Daniel Drake <drake@...lessm.com>
Cc:     Chris Chiu <chiu@...lessm.com>,
        Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@...il.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        acpi4asus-user <acpi4asus-user@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Linux Upstreaming Team <linux@...lessm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] platform/x86: asus-wmi: Call led hw_changed API on
 kbd brightness change

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Daniel Drake <drake@...lessm.com> wrote:

>> > Can we avoid those ugly castings?


> Now kbd_led_set can continue being a correctly typed function pointer
> for led_classdev.brightness_set. And from the code you are adding here
> you can call __kbd_led_set directly with signed integer values, and
> rely on correct bounds correction without ugly casts.
>
> Andy, what do you think?

Thanks, Daniel for investigation.

I'm fine with solution(s) that has no ugly casting and no regression
on the hardware we support.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko