Re: [PATCH] OF: PCI: const usage needed by MIPS

[John Crispin <blogic@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

> The problem is when you start declaring function pointers in various
> ops vectors.
>
> Consider:
>
> void (*foo)(const struct pci_dev *)
> void (*bar)(struct pci_dev *)
>
> foo and bar are not type compatible, and you will get compiler
> warnings if you use one where the other is expected.
>
> So the question is:  Are we ever going to the address of any of the
> functions that are being modified?  If so, we have created a problem.
>



i could not find any place in the code where this happens, which does
not mean that there are none.


>> Similar reasoning applies to of_irq_map_pci().
>>
>> So I'm fine with this.  You sent it to Grant, so I'll assume he'll
>> merge it unless I hear otherwise.
>>
>> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas<bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>

Thanks for the Ack, i hope this patch gets accepted as is. I am simply
missing the overview of the pci subsystem to evaluate if this can cause
regressions.


John