linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: constify opaque pointer in gpio_device

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 07:44:43 +0200
From: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: constify opaque pointer in gpio_device_find()
 match function

On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 09:27:04PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> The match function used in gpio_device_find() should not modify the
> contents of passed opaque pointer, because such modification would not
> be necessary for actual matching and it could lead to quite unreadable,
> spaghetti code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>

Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>