Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] drm/solomon: Move device info from ssd130x-i2c to the core driver

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Apr 12 2022 - 08:21:14 EST


On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 02:21:08PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 10:07:02AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> > On 4/12/22 09:23, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 11:12 PM Javier Martinez Canillas
> > > <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

> > >> - ssd130x->device_info = device_get_match_data(dev);
> > >> +
> > >> + variant = (enum ssd130x_variants)device_get_match_data(dev);
> > >
> > > (uintptr_t), to avoid a cast from pointer to integer of different
> > > size warning.
> > >
> >
> > Indeed. The kernel test robot reported the same.
>
> Not only because of this, but also with the non-NULL pointers I prefer the old
> style without ugly castings.
>
> Instead, you may export the array (in the driver's namespace) and use
> &info[ID] pointer for the specific device info.

Note that device_get_match_data() has no clue if the data is absent or
data == (void *)0.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko