[PATCH v2 1/2] ARM: mxc: Introduce imx_add_gpio_leds

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Tue Apr 5 04:43:48 EDT 2011


On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 10:32:59AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:59:32AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:51:18AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > This was intended by
> > > 
> > > 	struct gpio_led_platform_data *_pdata = *pdata;
> > > 
> > > I'm just fighting with the compiler at this line because it doesn't like
> > > _pdata being initialized by a const pointer.
> > 
> > That's idiotic and revolting.  Casting away const means you're writing
> > broken code, which can fail for XIP users.  If you're going to play
> > such games, there's *NO* point in marking it const in the first place.
> No I won the fight with the compiler, the result is
> 
> 	struct gpio_led_platform_data _pdata = *pdata
> 
> which AFAIK is valid C and even works for XIP users.

Which will work, but that's not what you wrote in the first two posts
of the code.



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