linux-kernel - Convert type of 'struct dmi_system_id -> driver_data' from 'void *' to kernel_ulong

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:22:43 +0800
From:   Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     jkosina@...e.cz, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, mgurtovoy@...dia.com,
        linux@...ssschuh.net, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        stephan@...hold.net, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: Convert type of 'struct dmi_system_id -> driver_data' from 'void *'
 to kernel_ulong_t?

Hi,

I wonder if there's any reason to use 'void *' instead of
kernel_ulong_t for 'driver_data' in 'struct dmi_system_id'?

I'd like to use the driver_data for applying quirk flags, and I found
out unlike most other struct *_id, the dmi variant is using 'void *'
for driver_data. Is there any technical reason for this?

Kai-Heng