netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] iomap: Constify ioreadX() iomem argument (as in generic implementation)

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Date:   Thu, 9 Jul 2020 09:32:49 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To:     Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
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        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] iomap: Constify ioreadX() iomem argument (as in
 generic implementation)

On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 09:28:34AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> The ioreadX() and ioreadX_rep() helpers have inconsistent interface.  On
> some architectures void *__iomem address argument is a pointer to const,
> on some not.
> 
> Implementations of ioreadX() do not modify the memory under the address
> so they can be converted to a "const" version for const-safety and
> consistency among architectures.
> 
> Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

I forgot to put here one more Ack, for PowerPC:
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> (powerpc)

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87ftedj0zz.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au/

Best regards,
Krzysztof