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From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] Improve CLKSRC_OF matching
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 23:45:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201302072345.52195.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51143A87.4040205@gmail.com>

On Thursday 07 February 2013, Rob Herring wrote:
> How so? I don't see a warning as there is no type checking on the init
> function since of_device_id.data is just a void *. It would be good to
> have type checking here if you know a way, but I don't.

Ah, that's right. So it silently builds find even though the
prototypes don't match, and given the C calling conventions
it even ends up working correctly, it just feels wrong.

	Arnd

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com>
Cc: arm@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Improve CLKSRC_OF matching
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 23:45:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201302072345.52195.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51143A87.4040205@gmail.com>

On Thursday 07 February 2013, Rob Herring wrote:
> How so? I don't see a warning as there is no type checking on the init
> function since of_device_id.data is just a void *. It would be good to
> have type checking here if you know a way, but I don't.

Ah, that's right. So it silently builds find even though the
prototypes don't match, and given the C calling conventions
it even ends up working correctly, it just feels wrong.

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-07 23:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-07 19:09 [PATCH 0/4] Improve CLKSRC_OF matching Rob Herring
2013-02-07 19:09 ` Rob Herring
2013-02-07 19:09 ` [PATCH 1/4] clocksource: pass DT node pointer to init functions Rob Herring
2013-02-07 19:09   ` Rob Herring
2013-02-13 16:21   ` Michal Simek
2013-02-13 16:21     ` Michal Simek
2013-02-13 16:33     ` Rob Herring
2013-02-13 16:33       ` Rob Herring
2013-02-13 17:33       ` Michal Simek
2013-02-13 17:33         ` Michal Simek
2013-02-14  1:30         ` Rob Herring
2013-02-14  1:30           ` Rob Herring
2013-02-14  6:45           ` Michal Simek
2013-02-14  6:45             ` Michal Simek
2013-02-14 14:22             ` Rob Herring
2013-02-14 14:22               ` Rob Herring
2013-02-07 19:09 ` [PATCH 2/4] clocksource: bcm2835: use the device_node pointer passed to init Rob Herring
2013-02-07 19:09   ` Rob Herring
2013-02-09  3:47   ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-09  3:47     ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-07 19:09 ` [PATCH 3/4] clocksource: vt8500: " Rob Herring
2013-02-07 19:09   ` Rob Herring
2013-02-07 19:09 ` [PATCH 4/4] clocksource: tegra20: " Rob Herring
2013-02-07 19:09   ` Rob Herring
2013-02-07 19:39   ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-07 19:39     ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-07 20:05     ` Hiroshi Doyu
2013-02-07 20:05       ` Hiroshi Doyu
2013-02-07 22:44 ` [PATCH 0/4] Improve CLKSRC_OF matching Arnd Bergmann
2013-02-07 22:44   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-02-07 23:36   ` Rob Herring
2013-02-07 23:36     ` Rob Herring
2013-02-07 23:45     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2013-02-07 23:45       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-02-08  4:51 ` Tony Prisk
2013-02-08  4:51   ` Tony Prisk
2013-02-08 13:07   ` Rob Herring
2013-02-08 13:07     ` Rob Herring

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