Re: [PATCH v3 04/11] driver core: Constify API device_find_child() then adapt for various usages

[Zijun Hu <zijun_hu@icloud.com>]

On 2024/12/5 18:41, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 08:10:13AM +0800, Zijun Hu wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
>> index 07933d75ac815160a2580dce39fde7653a9502e1..1a1a9d6b8f2e8dfedefafde846315a06a167fbfb 100644
>> --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
>> +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vio.c
>> @@ -419,13 +419,13 @@ struct vio_remove_node_data {
>>  	u64 node;
>>  };
>>  
>> -static int vio_md_node_match(struct device *dev, void *arg)
>> +static int vio_md_node_match(struct device *dev, const void *arg)
>>  {
>>  	struct vio_dev *vdev = to_vio_dev(dev);
>> -	struct vio_remove_node_data *node_data;
>> +	const struct vio_remove_node_data *node_data;
>>  	u64 node;
>>  
>> -	node_data = (struct vio_remove_node_data *)arg;

existing code has such cast
>> +	node_data = (const struct vio_remove_node_data *)arg;
>
i just follow existing code here.

> You can just drop the cast here. But maybe that is better be done i a
> separate change.
> 

agree, removing such casts may be another topic.

>>  	node = vio_vdev_node(node_data->hp, vdev);
>>  
> 
> Best regards
> Uwe