Re: [PATCH 112/182] pinctrl: samsung: use gpiochip data pointer

[Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Linus,

2015-12-09 22:33 GMT+09:00 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> This makes the driver use the data pointer added to the gpio_chip
> to store a pointer to the state container instead of relying on
> container_of().

I always thought container_of() was preferred because of higher type
safety than void *data pointers. Is there any reason for mandating the
(IMHO worse) new method of accessing data, even though the one
currently used seems to be still valid?

Best regards,
Tomasz
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