Re: [PATCH v1] x86/platform/intel-mid: Revert "Make 'bt_sfi_data' const"

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> wrote:

> > > [...] There does seem to be a few cases where the field actually does hold an
> > > integer.  I guess this is not a problem?
> >
> > Could you point to such an example?
> 
> drivers/thermal/intel_soc_dts_thermal.c:#define BYT_SOC_DTS_APIC_IRQ	86
> 
> and then:
> 
> static const struct x86_cpu_id soc_thermal_ids[] = {
>         { X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 6, INTEL_FAM6_ATOM_SILVERMONT1, 0,
>                 BYT_SOC_DTS_APIC_IRQ},
>         {}
> };
> 
> and finally:
> 
>  soc_dts_thres_irq = (int)match_cpu->driver_data;
> 
> Also:
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> 
> #define DEADLINE_MODEL_MATCH_REV(model, rev)    \
> 	{ X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 6, model, X86_FEATURE_ANY, (unsigned long)rev
> }
> 
> DEADLINE_MODEL_MATCH_REV ( INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X,      0x0b000020),
> DEADLINE_MODEL_MATCH_REV ( INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_CORE,     0x22),
> etc. (all 2-digit numbers in the remaining case).

Ok - I think in these cases the resulting long->pointer type conversion is a _lot_ 
less dangerous than the pointer->long conversion which caused the regression.

So unless the resulting code is excessively ugly, this feels like the right 
approach to me.

Thanks,

	Ingo