On 2013-02-14 08:51, Archit Taneja wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 February 2013 10:59 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 07:52:08PM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote:
>>> +static struct panel_acx565akm_data *get_panel_data(struct
>>> omap_dss_device *dssdev)
>>> +{
>>> +    return (struct panel_acx565akm_data *) dssdev->data;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>   static int acx_panel_probe(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
>>>   {
>>>       int r;
>>>       struct acx565akm_device *md = &acx_dev;
>>> +    struct panel_acx565akm_data *panel_data = get_panel_data(dssdev);
>>
>> Why the get_panel_data function is needed, isn't the cast unnecessary?
> 
> the 'data' member of omap_dss_device has the type 'void *', we need to
> cast it to access the panel_acx565akm_data struct pointer.

You don't need an explicit cast to assign a void pointer to a pointer to
something else (or vice versa, I think).

I remember us having similar constructs in some other panel drivers
also. I think they are unnecessary also.

 Tomi


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