Idiomatically, write functions should take const pointers to the data buffer, as they don't change the data. They are also likely to be called from functions that receive a const data pointer. Internally the pointer is passed to function/structs shared with the read functions, requiring a cast, but this is an implementation detail that should be hidden by the public API. Signed-off-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/soundwire/bus.c | 6 +++--- include/linux/soundwire/sdw.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/bus.c b/drivers/soundwire/bus.c index d9deafdcf495..4c76358416c5 100644 --- a/drivers/soundwire/bus.c +++ b/drivers/soundwire/bus.c @@ -394,13 +394,13 @@ sdw_nread_no_pm(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr, size_t count, u8 *val) } static int -sdw_nwrite_no_pm(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr, size_t count, u8 *val) +sdw_nwrite_no_pm(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr, size_t count, const u8 *val) { struct sdw_msg msg; int ret; ret = sdw_fill_msg(&msg, slave, addr, count, - slave->dev_num, SDW_MSG_FLAG_WRITE, val); + slave->dev_num, SDW_MSG_FLAG_WRITE, (u8 *)val); if (ret < 0) return ret; @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sdw_nread); * @count: length * @val: Buffer for values to be read */ -int sdw_nwrite(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr, size_t count, u8 *val) +int sdw_nwrite(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr, size_t count, const u8 *val) { int ret; diff --git a/include/linux/soundwire/sdw.h b/include/linux/soundwire/sdw.h index f0b01b728640..18f5979d9a60 100644 --- a/include/linux/soundwire/sdw.h +++ b/include/linux/soundwire/sdw.h @@ -1006,6 +1006,6 @@ int sdw_bus_exit_clk_stop(struct sdw_bus *bus); int sdw_read(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr); int sdw_write(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr, u8 value); int sdw_nread(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr, size_t count, u8 *val); -int sdw_nwrite(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr, size_t count, u8 *val); +int sdw_nwrite(struct sdw_slave *slave, u32 addr, size_t count, const u8 *val); #endif /* __SOUNDWIRE_H */ -- 2.20.1