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From: walter harms <wharms@bfs.de>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] net: qcom/emac: fix a sizeof() typo
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:57:57 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <58A1D785.5040105@bfs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170213110021.GA17205@mwanda>



Am 13.02.2017 16:43, schrieb Timur Tabi:
> walter harms wrote:
>> The question is: why is a simple calculation const*const
>> separated into a function ?
> 
> This is a callback function.  That's just how it's defined.
> 
> It's rare, but there are drivers that use the parameter, like this one:
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/tree/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_ethtool.c#n591
> 
> 

this is the problem:
I used: http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/ibm_emac/ibm_emac_core.c?v=2.6.24#L1778

here is the patched function emac_get_regs_len used the calculate the length in emac_ethtool_get_regs_len
what is used as callback.

in
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/tree/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-ethtool.c
is it now used directly.

sorry for the noise,

re,
 wh

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-02-13 15:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-02-13 11:00 [patch net-next] net: qcom/emac: fix a sizeof() typo Dan Carpenter
2017-02-13 11:55 ` walter harms
2017-02-13 13:03   ` Timur Tabi
2017-02-13 13:28     ` walter harms
2017-02-13 15:43       ` Timur Tabi
2017-02-13 14:00   ` Dan Carpenter
2017-02-13 15:43 ` Timur Tabi
2017-02-13 15:57 ` walter harms [this message]
2017-02-13 16:23 ` Timur Tabi
2017-02-14  3:21 ` David Miller

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