Re: [PATCH -mm][MIPS] GPIO LED driver for the WGT634U machine

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > --- a/arch/mips/bcm947xx/wgt634u.c
> > +++ b/arch/mips/bcm947xx/wgt634u.c
> 
> > +static const struct gpio_led wgt634u_leds[] = {
> 
> > +static const struct gpio_led_platform_data wgt634u_led_data = {
> > +   .num_leds =     ARRAY_SIZE(wgt634u_leds),
> > +   .leds =         (void *) wgt634u_leds,
>                         ^^^^^^^^
> 
> gpio_led_platform_data.leds is of type struct gpio_led *.
> Should it be const, or should the const be dropped from wgt634u_leds?
> 
> > +static struct platform_device wgt634u_gpio_leds = {
> > +   .name =         "leds-gpio",
> > +   .id =           -1,
> > +   .dev = {
> > +           .platform_data = (void *) &wgt634u_led_data,
>                                  ^^^^^^^^
> device.platform_data is a void *, so you can drop the cast.

Hmm, wgt634u_led_data is const too. But casting away constness is
usually an indicator that something is wrong.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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