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Re: [PATCH 05/35] staging: brcm80211: removed function declaration typedefs from aiutils.h

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Hi Roland,

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 19:41, Roland Vossen <rvossen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Julian,
>
>>> Signed-off-by: Roland Vossen<rvossen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel<arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/aiutils.c
>>> b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/aiutils.c
>>> index a25901e..5a5fc4b 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/aiutils.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/aiutils.c
>>> @@ -1279,9 +1279,9 @@ ai_register_intr_callback(struct si_pub *sih, void
>>> *intrsoff_fn,
>>>
>>>        sii = SI_INFO(sih);
>>>        sii->intr_arg = intr_arg;
>>> -       sii->intrsoff_fn = (si_intrsoff_t) intrsoff_fn;
>>> -       sii->intrsrestore_fn = (si_intrsrestore_t) intrsrestore_fn;
>>> -       sii->intrsenabled_fn = (si_intrsenabled_t) intrsenabled_fn;
>>> +       sii->intrsoff_fn = (u32 (*)(void *)) intrsoff_fn;
>>> +       sii->intrsrestore_fn = (void (*) (void *, u32)) intrsrestore_fn;
>>> +       sii->intrsenabled_fn = (bool (*)(void *)) intrsenabled_fn;
>>>        /* save current core id.  when this function called, the current
>>> core
>>>         * must be the core which provides driver functions(il, et, wl,
>>> etc.)
>>>         */
>>
>> Are these casts necessary - as in could better types be chosen for
>> these function pointers and the underlying functions themselves?
>> I see the same issue in patches 6 - 10.
>
> The first goal was to replace the typedefs, in a way that is obvious to the
> reviewer. The next step is to get rid of void* where possible (I agree with
> you that it is ugly).

Fair enough.

> Is it ok with you if we submit a separate patch train for that (since there
> are quite some void* to be replaced) ?

That's fine, I was just drawing your attention to them.

Thanks,

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