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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:04:52 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Marvell Dove/MV78xx0/Orion SOC support" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 05/10] drivers: base: Add
 device_find_in_class_name()

On 01/17/2017 04:00 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 1:43 AM, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
>> On 01/17/2017 03:34 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>>>> +static int device_class_name_match(struct device *dev, void *class)
>>>
>>> And why not const char *class?
>>
>> This was raised back in v2, and the same response applies:
>>
>> https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg147559.html
>>
>> Changing the signature of a callback is out of the scope of this patch
>> series.
> 
> Ah, right.
> 
> But why not to use void *class_name to be consistent with callback and
> device_find_child()?

The top-level function: device_find_in_class_name() should have a
stronger typing of its argument even if it internally uses
device_find_child() and a callback that takes a void * argument, that's
how I see it.

> 
> Btw,
> 
> return get_device(parent);

Not sure I follow what that means here?
-- 
Florian

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