Re: [PATCH 2/2] Use char * for struct drm_dp_aux_msg's buffer

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On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 11:33:35AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Mon, 21 May 2018, Maya Rashish <coypu@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In drm_dp_i2c_drain_msg we do msg.buffer += err which isn't
> > legal for void *.
> 
> Well, this isn't pedantic C, it's GCC. There are tons of pointer
> arithmetics for void pointers all over the kernel.

I thought C99 even deprecated char * as the generic pointer, recommending
void * instead, which guarantees the exact same pointer arithmetic as char
* (but has the special casting rules).

Which static checker came up with this?
-Daniel

> 
> BR,
> Jani.
> 
> > ---
> >  include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
> > index 62903bae..06f9a61f 100644
> > --- a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
> > +++ b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
> > @@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ struct drm_dp_aux_msg {
> >  	unsigned int address;
> >  	u8 request;
> >  	u8 reply;
> > -	void *buffer;
> > +	char *buffer;
> >  	size_t size;
> >  };
> 
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> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center
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