Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] nvmem: migrate to const void * in reg_write
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 03:31:18 EST
On Sun, Jul 26, 2026 at 03:17:18PM +0200, Link Mauve wrote:
> This callback used to take a mutable void * for no reason, which causes
> the compiler to be unaware that the val buffer should never be modified
> by the callback.
>
> This was found while drafting the nvmem-provider Rust abstraction.
>
> Thanks to the guidance of Andy Shevchenko, this now introduces a new
> callback and deprecates the existing one, with the goal of renaming the
> new one into the old one once no user remains in the kernel.
LGTM now, FWIW,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
But I think you also need to provide a road map of finishing this job (the best
is to provide a continuation in some of yours public Git trees to point out).
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko