netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-next v5 02/15] idpf: add module register and probe functionality

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Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 18:45:35 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, shannon.nelson@....com,
 simon.horman@...igine.com, leon@...nel.org, decot@...gle.com,
 willemb@...gle.com, Phani Burra <phani.r.burra@...el.com>,
 jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Alan Brady
 <alan.brady@...el.com>, Madhu Chittim <madhu.chittim@...el.com>, Shailendra
 Bhatnagar <shailendra.bhatnagar@...el.com>, Pavan Kumar Linga
 <pavan.kumar.linga@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v5 02/15] idpf: add module register and probe
 functionality

On Sat, 13 May 2023 15:56:57 -0700
Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com> wrote:

> +struct idpf_hw {
> +	void __iomem *hw_addr;
> +	resource_size_t hw_addr_len;
> +
> +	void *back;
> +};

It is safer to use a typed pointer rather than untyped (void *) for
the back pointer. This could prevent bugs.