Re: [PATCH] x86: Add kerneldoc for pcommit_sfence()

["H. Peter Anvin" <h.peter.anvin@intel.com>]

On 03/16/2015 01:35 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> :-/
> 
> Not sure what hpa's problem with 'void *' was: especially in MM code 
> we are using 'void *' rather widely.
> 
> All compilers that aim for being able to build the Linux kernel 
> implement 'void *' as well, so that 'standard C' argument is pretty 
> weak IMHO - unlike some of the more esoteric GCC extensions, this one 
> is actually pretty well done and widely used in and outside of the 
> kernel.
> 
>> It seems like both have arguments for them.  Char pointer arithmetic 
>> has the advantage that its behavior is standard in C, so it's not 
>> specific to gcc.  I agree that void* has the advantage that it fits 
>> more naturally with the types of the parameters passed in, requiring 
>> no casting.
> 
> It's also a bonus property of 'void *' that unlike 'char *' it cannot 
> be dereferenced. So we use it for opaque buffers wherever we can.
> 

The issue isn't void *, it is doing arithmetic on void *.

	-hpa