Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] sdio: Add syntactic sugar to store a pointer in sdio_driver_id

[Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub)]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 04:46:56PM -0400, Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:
> Hi Uwe,
> 
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub)
> <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 03:10:47PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) wrote:
> > > On all current Linux architectures sizeof(long) == sizeof(void *) and
> > > this is used a lot through the kernel. For example it enables the usual
> > > practice to store pointers in sdio_driver_id's .driver_data member.
> > >
> > > This works fine, but involves casting and thus isn't type-safe.
> > > Additionally with the CHERI architecture extension there are machines
> > > with sizeof(void *) > sizeof(long) for with the traditional approach of
> > > storing a pointer in .driver_data doesn't work.
> > >
> > > By replacing the plain unsigned long .driver_data by an anonymous union,
> > > most of the casting can be dropped and it yields a working solution for
> > > CHERI.
> > >
> > > All users of struct sdio_driver_id are initialized in a way that is
> > > compatible with the new definition, so no adaptions are needed there.
> >
> > sashiko.dev found s/sdio_driver_id/sdio_device_id/ twice in the commit
> > log and once in the short log. If you consider applying this patch
> > please adapt the commit message accordingly.
> 
> No problem I can fix them up once applying.

Now that Ulf gave his blessing, would you please merge the first patch
and the bluetooth ones (#2 and #3)? I will follow up then once your tree
hits Linus's tree with the remaining patches for wifi.

Please don't forget about s/sdio_driver_id/sdio_device_id/.

Thanks
Uwe

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