linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] regulator: Use container_of

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Message-ID: <f4d4169d-796b-49fd-b4d3-b74186e59b82@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:51:08 +0200
From: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@....qualcomm.com>,
 Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
 Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...nel.org>,
 Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
 AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
 Samuel Kayode <samkay014@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, imx@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] regulator: Use container_of_const() when all types
 are const

Thanks again Krzysztof! :)

On 26/11/2025 19:40, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Changes in v2:
> - Rebase on regulator/for-next, which does not have pf1550-regulator.c
>    so drop this part.
> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20251126-container-of-const-regulator-v1-0-eeec378144d4@oss.qualcomm.com
> 
> Use container_of_const(), which is preferred over container_of(), when
> the argument 'ptr' and returned pointer are already const, for better
> code safety and readability.
> 
> Some drivers already have const everywhere, so container_of_const can be
> directly used. In few other drivers, the final pointer can be constified
> that way.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 
> ---
> Krzysztof Kozlowski (8):

>        regulator: bd71815: Constify pointers to 'regulator_desc' wrap struct
>        regulator: bd71828: Constify pointers to 'regulator_desc' wrap struct
>        regulator: bd718x7: Constify pointers to 'regulator_desc' wrap struct
>        regulator: bd96801: Constify pointers to 'regulator_desc' wrap struct

For the above:
Reviewed-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>

Yours,
	-- Matti