Re: [PATCH] gpio: remove const modifier from gpiod_get_direction()

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Tue Nov 25 2014 - 03:01:31 EST


Hello Alexandre,

just some minor nitpicking on the commit log:

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 04:20:45PM +0900, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> Although gpiod_get_direction() can be considered side-effect free for
> consumers, its internals involve setting or clearing bits in the
> affected GPIO descriptor, for which we need to force-cast the const
> descriptor parameter. This could lead to incorrect behavior is the
s/ is/ if/, and I think s/parameter/variable to non-const/

> compiler decide to optimize here, so remove this const parameter. The
s/decide/decides/; s/parameter/attribute/

> intent is to make gpiod_get_direction() private anyway, so it does not
> really matter.
>
> Reported-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
Uwe

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