Currently the simple SPI I/O operations all take pointers to u8 * buffers to operate on. This creates needless type compatibility issues and the underlying spi_transfer structure uses void pointers anyway so convert the API over to take void pointers too.
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <[email protected]> --- drivers/spi/spi.c | 4 ++-- include/linux/spi/spi.h | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c index 82b9a42..2e13a14 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c @@ -1047,8 +1047,8 @@ static u8 *buf; * spi_{async,sync}() calls with dma-safe buffers. */ int spi_write_then_read(struct spi_device *spi, - const u8 *txbuf, unsigned n_tx, - u8 *rxbuf, unsigned n_rx) + const void *txbuf, unsigned n_tx, + void *rxbuf, unsigned n_rx) { static DEFINE_MUTEX(lock); diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h index b4d7710..bb4f5fb 100644 --- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h +++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ extern int spi_bus_unlock(struct spi_master *master); * Callable only from contexts that can sleep. */ static inline int -spi_write(struct spi_device *spi, const u8 *buf, size_t len) +spi_write(struct spi_device *spi, const void *buf, size_t len) { struct spi_transfer t = { .tx_buf = buf, @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ spi_write(struct spi_device *spi, const u8 *buf, size_t len) * Callable only from contexts that can sleep. */ static inline int -spi_read(struct spi_device *spi, u8 *buf, size_t len) +spi_read(struct spi_device *spi, void *buf, size_t len) { struct spi_transfer t = { .rx_buf = buf, @@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ spi_read(struct spi_device *spi, u8 *buf, size_t len) /* this copies txbuf and rxbuf data; for small transfers only! */ extern int spi_write_then_read(struct spi_device *spi, - const u8 *txbuf, unsigned n_tx, - u8 *rxbuf, unsigned n_rx); + const void *txbuf, unsigned n_tx, + void *rxbuf, unsigned n_rx); /** * spi_w8r8 - SPI synchronous 8 bit write followed by 8 bit read -- 1.7.5.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ spi-devel-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spi-devel-general
